Home occupations as an accessory use to dwelling units are permitted under the following restrictions and standards:
(a) Home occupations shall be incidental and subordinate to the principal use of the site as a residence and shall not change the character or the external appearance of either the dwelling or the surrounding neighborhood;
(b) Only household members shall be employed under the home occupation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, when the home occupation is home-based child care, one caregiver, not a member of the household, may be employed as a substitute for the principal caregiver if an emergency renders the principal caregiver unavailable; provided that in no event shall such substitute employment exceed five days per calendar month. As used in this subsection, “emergency” includes but is not limited to illness of the principal caregiver or an immediate relative of the principal caregiver;
(c) There shall be no exterior sign that shows the building is used for anything but residential use. There shall be no exterior displays or advertisements;
(d) There shall be no outdoor storage of materials or supplies;
(e) Indoor storage of materials and supplies shall be enclosed and shall not exceed 250 cubic feet or 20 percent of the total floor area, whichever is less;
(f) Articles sold on the premises shall be limited to those produced by the home occupation and to instructional materials pertinent to the home occupation;
(g) Home occupations that depend on client visits, including group instruction, shall provide one off-street parking space per five clients on the premises at any given time. This shall be in addition to, and shall not obstruct the parking required for the dwelling use. Residents of multi-family buildings may fulfill the requirement by the use of guest parking with the approval of the building owner (management) or condominium association;
(h) For those activities that may have potential negative noise impacts on adjoining residences, the director may require that such activities be conducted in fully enclosed, noise-attenuated structures;
(i) The following activities are not permitted as home occupations:
(1) Automobile repair and painting. However, any repair and painting of vehicles owned by household members shall be permitted, provided that the number of vehicles repaired or painted shall not exceed five per year per dwelling unit. A household member providing any legal document showing ownership of an affected vehicle satisfies this requirement;
(2) Contractor’s storage yards;
(3) Care, treatment, or boarding of animals in exchange for money, goods, or services. The occasional boarding and the occasional grooming of animals not exceeding five animals per day shall be permitted as home occupations;
(4) Those on-premises activities and uses which are only permitted in the industrial districts;
(5) Use of dwellings or lots as a headquarters for the assembly of employees for instructions or other purposes, or to be dispatched for work to other locations;
(6) Sale of guns and ammunition; and
(7) Mail and package handling and delivery businesses; and
(j) There shall be no parking on the street of commercial vehicles associated with the home occupation, other than the occasional, infrequent, and momentary parking of a vehicle for pickups and/or deliveries as a service to the home occupation.
(1990 Code, Ch. 21, Art. 5, § 21-5.350) (Added by Ord. 99-12; Am. Ord. 10-19)