(A) Home occupations shall be permitted within the city according to the terms set out below.
(B) The term HOME OCCUPATIONS shall mean the use of the premises for services rendered other than by direct contact with customers at that location (for example, where the bulk of the business is by telephone, actual work is performed in home, and customer is contacted in other than that location).
(C) The following requirements shall apply to home occupations when permitted herein.
(1) No persons other than members of the family residing in the premises shall be engaged in such operation on the premises.
(2) The use of the dwelling unit for the home occupation shall be clearly incidental and subordinate to its use for residential purposes by its occupants. Not more than 25% of the gross floor area of any one floor of the dwelling unit (including basement or cellar) shall be used in the conduct of the home occupation.
(3) There shall be no change in the outside appearance of the building or premises, or other visible evidence of the conduct of such home occupation that will indicate from the exterior that the building is being utilized in part for any purpose other than that of a dwelling unit, except a name plate if permitted by the zoning ordinance.
(4) No home occupation shall be conducted in any accessory building, nor shall there be any exterior storage of any materials or equipment on the premises.
(5) There shall be no commodity sold upon the premises and no warehousing or breaking bulk in connection with such home occupation.
(6) No traffic shall be generated by such home occupation in greater volumes than would normally be expected in that residential neighborhood.
(7) No equipment or process which creates noise, vibration, flare, flames, odors, or electrical interference detectable to the normal senses off the lot shall be used in such home occupation. In the case of electrical interference, no equipment or process which creates visual or audible interference in any radio or television receivers off the premises, or causes fluctuations in line voltage off the premises, shall be used.
(2010 Code, § 112.03) Penalty, see § 110.99