The business or commercial activity conducted as a home-based business must satisfy the following criteria:
(a) There shall be no appearance of the business on the exterior of the dwelling.
(b) Customer, client, patient, or other traffic shall be restricted to 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
(c) No more than twelve (12) visits to the home-based business shall be allowed per day, except as necessary to operate childcare facilities in accordance with the West Virginia Code; such visits may be addressed in a conditional use permit. A "visit" is defined as a stop at the premises by one automobile transporting one or more customers, clients, patients, packages/parcels, or other business associates or items. A visit does not include the operator of the business, members of his/her family, or a business employee.
(d) The home-based business shall be compatible with the use of the property as a residence and surrounding residences.
(e) The home-based business may employ one (1) individual not residing in the dwelling.
(f) There shall be no display or sale of retail goods and no stockpiling or inventory of a substantial nature.
(g) The business or commercial activity may not use any equipment or processes that create noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors, or electrical or electronic interference, including interference with radio or television reception detectable in the surrounding neighborhood.
(h) The business or commercial activity may not generate any solid waste or sewage discharge, in volume or type, not normally associated with the use of a dwelling in the neighborhood.
(i) The business activity may not occupy more than fifty (50%) percent of the gross floor area of the residence.
(j) The business may not involve any illegal activity or mortuary services.
(Ord. 319. Passed 6-18-24.)