(A) Conditions. Home occupations as identified in this section shall be permitted in all residential zones when the following conditions are met:
(1) A certificate of compliance and general business license shall have been issued by the appropriate licensing agents of the city;
(2) Such use is wholly confined within the dwelling unit (main building);
(3) The home occupation is not offensive and does not change the character of the principal structure;
(4) Such use is conducted only by permanent residents of the dwelling;
(5) Such occupation shall not require internal or external alterations or construction features;
(6) No equipment or process shall be used in such home occupation that creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors, or electrical interference detectable to the normal senses off the premises if the occupation is conducted in a single-family dwelling. If the occupation is conducted in other than a single-family dwelling, such nuisances shall not be detectable outside the dwelling unit. 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 cause fluctuations in the line voltage off the premises;
(7) Such occupation is clearly incidental to the residential use to the extent that not more than 25% of the floor area of the main building shall be occupied by such occupation, including the storage of inventory and supplies;
(8) There shall be no exterior display or storage of goods on the premises, including in garages or accessory structures unless a special land use permit is obtained;
(9) Home occupations involving beauty shops or barbershops shall require a special land use permit;
(10) No sign of any nature shall be displayed;
(11) Such use does not generate traffic or a need for parking beyond that required for the dwelling unit, nor shall such use create any external effect not normally associated with a residential use, or otherwise adversely effect the pedestrian or vehicular circulation of the area;
(12) Sales and services to patrons shall be arranged by appointment and scheduled so that not more than one patron with a vehicle is on the premises at the same time
(B) Allowable home occupations. The following home occupations shall be allowed:
(1) Accountant;
(2) Artist;
(3) Author/freelance journalist;
(4) Caterer/cook;
(5) Collector/hobbyist;
(6) Consultant;
(7) Instructor of a craft or fine art (with no more than four pupils at one time);
(8) Musician;
(9) Office;
(10) Photographer;
(11) Sales representative;
(12) Tailor/dressmaker/seamstress; and
(13) Technology technician.
(C) Home occupations not identified. The code official shall have the authority, upon application, to determine if a home occupation not identified in this section shall be permitted. An applicant who has been denied a certificate of compliance because the code official does not believe that the occupation is permitted by this chapter shall have the right to file an appeal of the code official's decision with the Board, whose decision shall be final.
(Ord. 497, passed 2-3-2004; Am. Ord. 523, passed 6-13-2006; Am. Ord. 2011-7, passed 12-13-2011; Am. Ord. 2019-02, passed 10-8-2019; Am. Ord. 2020-28, passed 3-3-2020; Am. Res. 2021-46, passed 4-13-2021)