(A) Definition: A "home occupation" is a business, profession, occupation or trade conducted for gain entirely within a residential building and secondary in nature to the primary use of the zoning lot, buildings, and/or structures.
(B) Purposes: It is the intent of this section to allow as home occupations only those uses that conform to the standards of this section. A home occupation is a clearly accessory use so located and conducted that the average neighbor, under normal circumstances, would not be aware of its existence except for a sign as provided for below. Standards for home occupations are intended to ensure compatibility with other permitted uses and the residential character of the neighborhood and to maintain the subordinance and incidental status of the home occupation.
(C) Prohibited Activities: Activities which do not come within the definition of home occupation as provided in this section shall be considered business uses and are prohibited in any residential district.
(D) Restrictions: In addition to all of the use limitations applicable in the district in which a home occupation is located, no home occupation shall be permitted unless it complies with the following restrictions in all residential districts:
1. No more than one person other than permanent residents of the dwelling unit shall be employed in the home occupation.
2. There shall be no manufacturing or processing of any sort.
3. One sign, either attached to the dwelling or displayed from a window, having an area of not more than one square foot shall be permitted.
4. No wholesale, jobbing or retail business shall be permitted unless it is conducted entirely by mail or telephone and does not involve the receipt, sale, shipment, delivery, or storage of merchandise on or from the premises, provided, however, that articles produced by members of the immediate family residing on the premises may be sold from and stored upon the premises.
5. There shall be no alteration of the principal residential building which changes the character thereof as a dwelling. Exclusive entrances/exits shall be prohibited.
6. No more than twenty five percent (25%) of the area of one story of a single-family dwelling nor more than twenty percent (20%) of the area of any other dwelling unit shall be devoted to the home occupation.
7. No mechanical or electrical equipment may be used except such types as are customary for purely domestic, household or hobby purposes.
8. There shall be no exterior display or storage of goods, equipment, materials or motor vehicles utilized in the home occupation.
9. The home occupation shall be conducted entirely within the principal residential building.
10. Sales and services to patrons shall be arranged by appointment and scheduled so that not more than one patron vehicle is on the premises at the same time.
11. An increase in traffic, including parking demand, shall not be generated beyond what would be normally expected in a residential neighborhood. The home occupation shall not prevent vehicles intended to be parked in a private garage or driveway from doing so.
12. The home occupation shall not generate noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors, or electrical interference beyond that which normally occurs in the zoning district in which located.
(E) Particular Home Occupations Permitted: Permitted home occupations include, but are not limited to, the following list of occupations, provided, however, that each listed occupation shall be subject to the requirements of this section:
1. Beauty shops and barbershops, limited to a single chair, operated by a resident of the dwelling unit in which this home occupation is permitted.
2. Babysitting services, but not a nursery school or daycare center.
3. Dressmakers, seamstresses, and tailors.
4. Instruction, but not recitals, programs or displays, in music, dance, home crafts and art.
5. Artists, sculptors, and authors or composers.
6. Office facilities for architects, engineers, lawyers, insurance agents and members of similar professions.
7. Office facilities for real estate and other salesmen, sales representatives and manufacturer's representatives, when no retail or wholesale transactions are conducted on the premises.
8. Secretarial or computer related services.
9. Home crafts, such as model making, rug weaving, lapidary work and craft or woodworking, provided, however, that no machinery or equipment shall be used or employed, other than that which would customarily be incidental to residential occupancy. Such machinery or equipment shall include that which would customarily be employed in connection with a hobby or a vocation not conducted for gain or profit.
(F) Particular Home Occupations Prohibited: Prohibited home occupations include, but are not limited to, the following list of occupations:
1. The sale of weapons of any kind.
2. General retail.
3. Tanning salons.
4. Funeral homes.
5. Nursery schools and daycare centers, unless specifically permitted by the district regulations as a special use.
6. Restaurants.
7. Stables.
8. Tourist homes and lodging houses, unless specifically permitted by the district regulations.
9. Renting of trailers.
10. Medical or dental offices, clinics or hospitals.
11. Animal kennels or hospitals.
12. Engine repair shops.
13. Welding shops.
14. Any activity which produces or involves the storage of noxious matter, or employs, produces or involves the storage of flammable matter. (Ord. O-9-17-3, 9-18-2017)