Home occupations shall be considered as permitted or conditional uses in any district where residences are a permitted or conditional use except in the Residential One (R1) District where home occupations are prohibited. A home occupation shall comply with the following standards:
(a) The use shall be clearly incidental and secondary to residential use of the dwelling and not more than thirty percent (30%) of dwelling unit floor area is devoted to the home occupation.
(b) The home occupation shall not generate greater vehicular traffic volume than is normal for a residential neighborhood.
(c) Not more than one (1) person, other than immediate family residing at the premises, shall be employed in such occupation.
(d) No equipment or process shall be used in the home occupation, which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors, or electrical interference detectable to normal senses off the lot.
Generally, home occupations shall be regulated not by the specific activity performed, but rather by the presence of external impacts that may affect the residential character of the surrounding area. In particular, a home occupation shall consist primarily of rendering specific personal services. Examples would include a seamstress, member of the clergy, lawyer, engineer, architect, real estate consultant, accountant, artist, computer or telecommunications worker or private teacher. The occupant of the premises shall perform the home occupation.
(Ord. 07-8. Passed 3-19-07.)