(A) No person may engage in a home-based business within the single-family residential (R-1 through R-5) areas of the city unless:
(1) The business is an occupation carried on by a resident of a dwelling as a secondary use within the same dwelling and in connection with which there is no person employed other than a member of the family residing on the premises.
(2) There is no advertising or any other display (including advertisement on the side of a truck) which will indicate from the exterior that the building is being used for any purpose other than that of a dwelling.
(3) There are no retail sales to the general public on the premises.
(4) No more than 10% of the floor area, basement area and attached garage area combined of the building is used in the business.
(5) No mechanical equipment is used or parked on the premises except such equipment as is permissible for purely domestic purposes.
(6) No employees, nor their vehicles, are dropped off or picked up at the premises and employee vehicles are not left at the premises during the day.
(7) No work vehicles over 6,000 pounds gross weight are left on the premises except in a garage and no more than five vehicles (owned by the resident) of any type are present on the premises at any one time.
(B) The fact that any vehicle which is illegally parked is registered in the name of a person, firm or corporation shall be considered prima facie proof that such person was in control of the automobile at the time of such parking.
(C) The owner of any property on which any vehicle is parked in violation of this chapter shall be subject to the same penalties as the owner of the vehicle or person illegally parking or storing the vehicle.
(Ord. 2000-03, passed 1-10-00)