Home occupations are permitted accessory uses in residential districts only so long as all the following conditions are observed:
(a) Only the residents of the dwelling in which the home occupation will be conducted may be engaged in the proposed home occupation.
(b) No more than one room or twenty-five percent (25%) of the gross area of one floor of said residence, whichever is less, shall be used for such purpose. Use of accessory buildings for these purposes is prohibited.
(c) In no case shall a home occupation be open or accessible to the public earlier than 8:00 a.m., nor later than 7:00 p.m.
(d) No home occupation shall cause an increase in the use of any one or more utilities (water, sewer, electricity, telephone, garbage, etc.) so that the combined total use for the dwelling and proposed home occupation exceeds the average for residences in the neighborhood.
(e) There shall be no deliveries to or from the home occupation by a vehicle larger than a 15,000 pound truck with not more than two (2) axles.
(f) The home occupation may increase vehicular traffic flow and parking by no more than two (2) additional vehicles at a time. Any need for parking generated by the conduct of such home occupation shall be met by off street parking areas and other than in the required front yard.
(g) No use shall create noise, dust, vibration, smoke, glare, electrical interference, fire hazard, or any other hazard or nuisance to any greater or more frequent extent than that usually experienced in an average residential occupancy in the district in question under normal circumstances wherein no home occupation exists.
(h) No home occupation shall be conducted in any accessory building.
(i) Home occupations shall be reviewed and approved as special uses by the Commission subject to Chapter 1177 and to any other conditions applicable in the district(s) in which they are proposed.
(j) The appearance of the principal structure shall not be altered, nor shall the home occupation be conducted in a manner which would cause the premises to differ from its residential character either by the generation noise, dust or vibration. This shall not preclude the construction of building additions for residential occupancy or secondary entrances into an approved dwelling.
(Ord. 1166. Passed 9-24-01.)