(a) Applicable Districts; Limitation of Employees. Home occupations are conditionally permitted in SER Suburban Estate, R-2 Low Density, R-4 One and Two-Family, R-5 Medium Density, R-6 Medium-High Density Single-Family, R-7 High-Density Single-Family and R-12 Multifamily Residential Districts, in single-family dwellings only, provided that the home occupations meet the requirements of Chapter 1284 and this section. No person other than a member of the family residing on the premises shall be engaged in such an occupation.
(b) Permitted Home Occupations. A “home occupation” is any activity carried out for financial gain by a resident that is conducted as an accessory use in the resident's dwelling unit. Permitted home occupations include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Computer programming or data processing, professional offices, handicrafts such as model making, rug weaving, lapidary work, or ceramics with kiln up to six cubic feet in size maximum, dressmaking, sewing, millinery, tailoring, laundering, home cooking, baking, food preparation and preserving, exclusive of a catering service;
(2) Offices of ministers, rabbis, priests or other clergymen;
(3) Studios of artists, sculptors or authors;
(4) Sales of real estate or insurance, provided that no nonresident employee works on the premises;
(5) Music teaching or other types of instruction, except nursery schools, provided that such teaching or instruction is limited to one pupil at a time;
(6) Day care centers, provided that not more than six children are cared for at any point in time;
(7) (EDITOR'S NOTE: Division (b)(7) of this section was repealed by Ordinance 12-24, passed June 4, 2012.)
(8) Direct sale product distribution (Avon, Home Interiors, Tupperware, etc.). Parties for the purpose of taking orders or selling merchandise shall not be held more often than two times each month on the premises;
(9) Licensed medical massage therapist;
(10) Secretarial work, including typing or word processing;
(11) Small engine or motor repair;
(12) Tax preparation; and
(13) Telephone answering or solicitation.
In no event, however, shall home occupations be interpreted to include animal hospitals or veterinary clinic; ambulance service; appliance repair, including radio, television, audio or video recording or playback equipment, refrigerator, clothes washer or dryer, stove, range or microwave oven; barber or beauty salon; business schools; ceramics if kiln is larger than six cubic feet; clinics or hospitals; contractor, including demolition, excavation, cement, masonry, paving, carpentry, remodeling, building, painting, plumbing, heating, air conditioning or electrical; commercial stable; dancing schools or studios; food catering service; health salon, gym or aerobic exercise studio; kennel; medical, dental, or psychology offices; mortuaries; music schools; palm reading or fortune telling; pet grooming; photography or photo processing laboratory; printing shop; private clubs; restaurant or tavern; storage, rental, sales, service, parts sale, repair, body work, detailing, upholstery, or washing of any vehicle; taxidermy; trailer rental; trucking, hauling, moving, tow truck service, hearse service, limousine or cab service; upholstery shop; welding or machine shop.
(c) Conditions for Operation. A home occupation shall meet the following conditions:
(1) Not more than 25% of the floor area nor more than 500 square feet of the dwelling unit may be used in connection with a home occupation. Floor area of a dwelling unit, in this case, shall include the floor area of all heated and ventilated, and thereby habitable rooms and areas within the dwelling unit, including basements and habitable attic space of the dwelling unit, and attached garages shall be used in the conduct of the home occupation.
(2) There shall be no change in the outside appearance of the dwelling, or other visible evidence of the home occupation, other than a sign, not illuminated and not larger than two square feet.
(3) A home occupation shall be carried on wholly within the principal building. No home occupation nor any storage of goods, materials, or products connected with a home occupation shall be allowed in any detached accessory building, or any vehicle including a recreational vehicle unless specifically permitted by the Planning Board.
(4) No equipment or process shall be used which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors or electrical interference detectable to normal senses off the premises. In the case of electrical interference, no equipment or process shall be used which creates visual or audible interference in any radio or television receiver or which causes fluctuation in line voltage off the premises.
(5) No traffic shall be generated by the operation of the home occupation which is greater than traffic volumes normally expected in the neighborhood, such as vehicles of occupants and a limited number of service vehicles. All parking shall be located off the street, and if located in a front yard, shall only be permitted on the driveway.
(6) There shall be no entrance or exitway specifically provided in the dwelling or on the premises for the conduct of a home occupation.
(7) Delivery from a commercial supplier in a vehicle larger than a step van shall be limited to one delivery and one pick-up each week and the delivery or pick-up shall not restrict traffic flow.
(Ord. 82-38. Passed 9-20-82; Ord. 04-57. Passed 11-1-04; Ord. 12-24. Passed 6-8-12.)