The home occupations regulations of this section are designed to protect and maintain the
character of residential neighborhoods while recognizing that certain professional and limited business activities have traditionally been carried on in the home. This section recognizes that, when properly limited and regulated, such activities can take place in a residential structure without changing the character of either the neighborhood or the structure.
(a) Anyone conducting a home occupation in a dwelling unit shall first obtain a zoning permit.
(b) The use of a dwelling for a home occupation shall be clearly incidental and subordinate to its use for residential purposes by its occupants.
(c) Not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the floor area of the dwelling unit shall be used in the conduct of the home occupation.
(d) The home occupation shall be conducted entirely within the dwelling unit and private garage, which may be either attached or detached.
(1) The home occupation shall not take place in or use, for any purpose, any accessory building on the premises, other than a detached private garage on the premises.
(2) All materials, goods, supplies or equipment related to the operation of a home occupation shall be stored inside the dwelling unit or garage.
(3) There shall be no outdoor storage of equipment or materials used in the home occupation.
(e) No home occupation shall be carried on that will substantially change the residential character of the premises on which it is constructed and no alteration of the premises, including the dwelling unit and driveway, shall be made that changes the character and appearance of the structure.
(g) The home occupation may employ, at such dwelling, no more than two (2) persons who are not occupants of such dwelling as their permanent residence.
(h) There shall be no display, nor stock in trade, nor commodities sold except those that are produced on the premises.
(i) No equipment or process shall be permitted or used in such home occupation that creates a nuisance such as, but not limited to noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors, dust or electrical interference or other causes, or which is found unsafe by the Zoning Inspector. In the case of electrical interference, no equipment or process shall be used which creates visual or audible interferences in any radio or television receivers off the premises or cause fluctuations in the line voltage off the premises.
(j) In no instance shall an auto repair business, shop, or use be permitted as a home occupation. (Ord. 19-10. Passed 11-7-19.)