§ 154.375 GENERAL PROVISIONS.
   (A)   The following activities are prohibited:
      (1)   Manufacturing business.
      (2)   Mechanical or electric equipment not customarily found in a home.
      (3)   Interior or exterior alterations and construction features which are not customarily found in a dwelling.
      (4)   Production of light glare, noise, odor or vibration that will in any way have an objectionable effect upon adjacent or nearby property.
      (5)   Equipment which will create electrical interference to surrounding properties.
      (6)   Exterior outdoor storage of equipment or materials, with the exception of personal automobiles used in the home occupation, which may be parked on the site.
      (7)   Display or evidence visible from the property exterior that indicates the premises are used for any purpose other than that of a dwelling.
      (8)   Signage, except as permitted in accordance with §§ 154.241 through 154.260 Signs.
   (B)   Any home occupation shall be clearly incidental and secondary to the residential use of the premises, should not change the residential character thereof, and shall result in no incompatibility or disturbance to the surrounding residential uses.
   (C)   The floor area devoted to the home occupation, other than day care, shall not exceed 25% of the total ground area occupied by buildings on the lot.
   (D)   Whenever within 1 year after granting approval, the use as permitted by the approval has not been initiated, then such approval shall become null and void unless a petition for extension of time in which to complete the work has been granted by the Zoning Administrator.
(Ord. 2013-05, passed 5-20-2013; Am. Ord. 2020-01, passed 2-3-2020; Am. Ord. 2020-04, passed 11-16-2020)