The establishment and continuance of a home occupation or home professional office shall be subject to the following requirements.
(A) Customary home occupations shall be deemed to include the following: millinery, dressmaking; tailoring; laundering; preserving and home cooking; handicraft; barber and beauty shops; and studios, such as painting, sculpture, instrumental or vocal music, dance and literature, including teaching and practice.
(B) Occupations of a professional nature shall be deemed to include the following: accountancy, architecture, art, dentistry, engineering, industrial design, insurance brokerage, medicine, music, planning, psychology, science, teaching, theology, writing or other related professions.
(C) No persons other than people residing on the premises, shall be engaged in such occupation or office; and no colleagues or associates shall use such office.
(D) The use shall be operated entirely within the resident’s dwelling unit or permitted accessory structure on the property. On-site sales, service and training is allowed by appointment only and shall be limited to 12 customer visits to the premises daily. Since the applicant is limited to two on-site parking spaces, only two concurrent appointments may be allowed at any one time.
(E) The use shall be limited to no more than 600 square feet of area of either the dwelling or an accessory structure. However, if the home occupation or home professional office is located in the dwelling, it shall consume no more than 30% of the floor area of the living unit. Living area may include a finished basement.
(G) A home occupation or home professional office shall be situated entirely within the principal dwelling or an accessory structure.
(H) No traffic shall be generated by such home occupation or home professional office in greater volumes than would normally be expected in a residential neighborhood, and any need for parking generated by the conduct of such occupation or office shall be met off the street and other than in a required front yard. There shall be no more than two on-site parking spaces provided for patrons.
(I) No equipment or process shall be used which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors or electrical interference detectable to the normal senses off the lot, if the occupation is conducted in a single-family dwelling, or outside the dwelling unit if conducted in other than a single-family residence. In the case of electrical interference, no equipment or process shall be used which creates visual or audible interference in any radio or television receivers off the premises, or causes fluctuation in line voltage off the premises.
(J) No mechanical or electrical equipment shall be used other than that which is normally used for purely domestic or household purposes.
(K) No outdoor storage of materials or equipment used in the occupation shall be permitted.
(L) Occupations shall not include the use or storage of tractor-trailers, semi-trucks or heavy equipment such as construction equipment.
(M) There shall be no advertising for the business that includes the address of the occupation. Post Office boxes, telephone numbers and city name may be identified.
(N) More than one occupation is allowed per property; however, the sum of the total area, signage, parking and employee limitations of the property shall not exceed the limitations set by this chapter for a single occupation.
(O) The home occupation-zoning permit will automatically be discontinued if the property is sold, leased, rented or transferred to another party or entity.
(P) A home occupation permit may be issued by the county’s Zoning Administrator.
(Ord. passed - -2010) Penalty, see § 154.999