1362.28 HOME-BASED BUSINESS (LOW-IMPACT).
   The business or commercial activity conducted as a home-based business must satisfy the following criteria:
   (a)   Customer, client, patient, or other traffic shall be restricted to 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
   (b)   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 business premises by one automobile transporting one or more customers, clients, patients, packages/parcels or other business associates. A visit does not include the operator of the business, members of his/her family, or the business employee.
   (c)   The business or commercial activity shall be compatible with the use of the property as a residence and surrounding residences.
   (d)   The home-based business shall only employ individuals residing in the dwelling.
   (e)   There shall be no display or sale of retail goods and no stockpiling or inventory of a substantial nature.
   (f)   The business or commercial activity may not use any equipment or processes, which create noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors or electrical or electronic interference, including interference with radio or television reception, which is detectable in the surrounding neighborhood.
   (g)   The business or commercial activity may not generate any solid waste or sewage discharge, in volume or type, which is not normally associated with the use of a dwelling in the neighborhood.
   (h)   The business activity may not occupy more than 25% of the gross floor area of the residence.
   (i)   The business may not involve any illegal activity.
      (Passed 10-3-17.)