Regulations regarding home occupations shall be as follows.
(A) The occupation or activity shall be clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the premises as a dwelling or residence.
(B) The activities related to the business are carried on principally within a main building by a member of a family residing on the premises.
(C) There shall be no advertising other than an identification sign of not more than one square foot in area, and no other display or storage of materials or external identification of the home occupation.
(D) The use shall not alter or change the exterior character or appearance of the main building.
(E) There shall be no exterior storage of materials or equipment and no exterior indication of the home occupation.
(F) No more than two persons outside the family shall be employed either on- or off-site.
(G) No equipment shall be used which creates offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odors, heat or glare.
(H) No extraordinary or unusual traffic shall be generated by the home occupation beyond the traffic normally expected in a residential neighborhood.
(I) Adequate off-street parking shall be provided for the residential use, each employee, and at least one customer.
(J) A home occupation shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) Art studio;
(2) Dressmaking;
(3) Professional office of a physician, dentist, optometrist, lawyer, engineer, architect, accountant, salesperson, real estate agent, insurance agent or other similar occupation;
(4) Teaching, or tutoring, including musical instruction limited to not more than two pupils at a time;
(5) Day care home; or
(6) Hair dresser or barber.
(K) No item or article is offered for sale except the finished articles as may be produced in the household by members of the immediate family or items and articles as which are pre-packaged products for personal use.
(L) There shall be no more than one home occupation, as defined herein, per dwelling unit.
(M) The total floor area devoted to the use shall not exceed 40% of the gross floor area of the dwelling unit, and not more than 50% of the gross floor area of any story shall be devoted to the accessory use.
(N) The home occupation shall not be conducted in a manner which would cause the premises to differ from its residential character.
(O) The storage of merchandise, supplies or products for off-premises sales is permitted. For the purpose of this section, any products shipped or delivered to the ultimate consumer of the goods or merchandise shall be considered off-premises sales.
(P) There shall be not more than five clients or customers on the premises during any period of 60 consecutive minutes, and not more than 16 customers in any given 24-hour period.
(Ord. passed 7-23-2002)