A. Purpose: The purpose of this section is to provide a means, through the establishment of specific standards and procedures, by which home occupations can be conducted in residential neighborhoods without jeopardizing the health, safety, and general welfare of the surrounding neighborhood.
B. Applicability: Subject to the nonconforming use provisions of this title, all occupations conducted in the home shall comply with the provisions of this section. This section shall not be construed, however, to apply to home occupations accessory to farming.
C. Prohibited Occupations: The following uses, by the nature of the investment or operation, have a pronounced tendency to rapidly increase beyond the limits permitted for home occupations. The following uses, therefore, are not permitted as home occupations:
1. Automobile, boat, and trailer painting and detailing;
2. Automobile, boat, small engine, recreational vehicles, and trailer repair or servicing;
3. Automobile, boat, and trailer sales or rental;
4. Junkyard, scrapping, or salvage operations;
5. Body art, including tattooing, permanent make-up, and piercing;
6. Medical or dental offices;
7. Mortuaries or funeral homes;
8. Painting, electrical, plumbing, or general contractor, unless operated only as an office for said uses, and provided further that no employees report to work at the premises;
9. Restaurants or other eating and drinking establishments; and
10. Any other use as determined by the Planning Commission.
D. General Provisions: All home occupations shall comply with the following general provisions:
1. General Provisions:
a. No home occupation shall produce light, glare, noise, fumes, odor, or vibration that will in any way have an objectionable effect upon adjacent or neighboring properties.
b. No equipment shall be used in the home occupation which will create electrical interference to surrounding properties. No equipment shall be used which creates visual or audible interference in any radio or television receivers off the premises or causes fluctuations in the voltage off the premises.
c. Any home occupation shall be clearly incidental and secondary to the residential use of the premises. Not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the main floor of the dwelling unit shall be permanently set aside to be used in the conduct of the home occupation. It should not change the residential character thereof, and shall result in no incompatibility or disturbance to the surrounding residential uses.
d. No home occupation shall require internal or external alterations, or involve construction features not customarily found in dwellings, except where required to comply with local and State fire and police recommendations.
e. There shall be no exterior storage of equipment or material used in the home occupation, except personal automobiles used in the home occupation may be parked on the site.
f. The home occupation shall meet all applicable ordinances, fire codes, and building codes.
g. There shall be no exterior display or exterior signs or interior display or interior signs which are visible from outside the dwelling unit, with the exception of an identification/business sign not exceeding four (4) square feet in area.
h. No home occupation shall be conducted between the hours of ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) A.M., unless said occupation is contained entirely within the principal structure and will not require any on street parking facilities.
i. Home occupations shall not create a parking demand in excess of that which can be accommodated in an existing driveway, where no vehicle is parked closer than fifteen feet (15') from the curb line or edge of paved surface.
j. Not more than one (1) person, other than those who customarily reside on the premises, shall be employed.
k. All permitted home occupations must be conducted entirely within a building and must comply with the requirements of this title. (Ord. 156, 6-13-2020)