1. Home-Based Businesses/ Home Occupations. Home-based businesses and home occupations are permitted as an accessory use in residential units subject to the following conditions:
A. External Effects. A home occupation that is customarily incidental to the principal use of a building as a dwelling is permitted in any dwelling unit where the base zoning district allows as a permitted use. Any question of whether a particular use is permitted as a home occupation, as provided herein, shall be determined by the Zoning Administrator pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. The regulations of this section are designed to protect and maintain the residential character of established 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 neighborhood or the structure.
B. Use Limitations. In addition to all of the use limitations applicable to the district in which it is located, no home occupation shall be permitted unless it complies with the following restrictions:
(1) Not more than one person who is not a resident on the premises shall be employed.
(2) No more than twenty-five percent (25%) or four hundred (400) square feet of the floor area of the dwelling unit, whichever is less, shall be devoted to the home occupation.
(3) No alteration of the principal residential building shall be made which changes the character and appearance thereof as a dwelling.
(4) No stock of goods shall be displayed or sold on the premises in excess of thirty (30) cubic feet in volume.
(5) The home occupation shall be conducted entirely within the principal dwelling unit or in a permitted building accessory thereto, and in no event shall such use be apparent from any public way.
(6) There shall be no outdoor storage of equipment or materials used in the home occupation.
(7) Not more than one vehicle used in commerce in connection with any home occupation shall be parked on the property.
(8) No mechanical, electrical or other equipment which produces noise, electrical or magnetic interference, vibration, heat, glare or other nuisance outside the residential or accessory structure shall be used.
(9) No home occupation shall be permitted which is noxious, offensive or hazardous by reason of vehicular traffic, generation or emission of noise, vibration, smoke, dust or other particulate matter, odorous matter, heat, humidity, glare, refuse, radiation or other objectionable emissions.
(10) No sign, other than one unlighted sign not over four (4) square feet in area attached flat against the dwelling and displaying only the occupant's name and occupation, shall advertise the presence or conduct of the home occupation except that in case where the home is set back 75 feet or more from the nearest street right of way, then the following shall be allowed:
(a) A freestanding sign, maximum five (5) feet in height and five (5) square feet in area; the sign may be externally lit but not internally lit; minimum setback from property line shall be five (5) feet, or
(b) A wall sign, maximum five (5) square feet in area; the sign may be externally lit but not internally lit.
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C. Home Occupations Permitted. Customary home occupations include, but are not limited to, the following list of occupations; provided, however, each such home occupation shall be subject to the use limitations set forth in this section. Home occupations are only permitted in the A1, RR, R1A, R1B, R1C, R2, and R3 Districts. Home occupations are not permitted in the R1 District.
(1) Providing instruction to not more than four (4) students at a time.
(2) Office facilities for accountants, architects, brokers, engineers, lawyers, insurance agents and real estate agents.
(3) Office facilities for ministers, priests and rabbis.
(4) Office facilities for salesmen, sales representatives and manufacturer’s representatives when no retail or wholesale sales are made or transacted on the premises.
(5) Studio of an artist, photographer, craftsman, writer or composer.
(6) Beauty parlor and barber shop when conducted solely by resident occupants.
(7) Homebound employment of a physically, mentally or emotionally handicapped person who is unable to work away from home by reason of his or her disability.
2. Permitted Accessory Uses – Residential Uses. Residential uses may include the following accessory uses, activities and structures on the same lot.
A. Private garages and parking for the residential use.
B. Recreational activities and uses by residents.
C. Home occupations unless otherwise prohibited.
D. Residential convenience services for multi-family uses or mobile home parks.
E. Garage sales, provided that the frequency of such sales at any one location does not exceed one sale during a continuous, two-month period or four sales during any twelve-month period.
3. Permitted Accessory Uses – Other Use Types. Other use types may include the following accessory uses, activities, and structures on the same lot:
A. Parking for the principal use.
B. Manufacturing or fabrication of products made for sale in a principal commercial use, provided such manufacturing is totally contained within the structure housing the principal use.
C. Services operated for the sole benefit of employees of the principal use.
4. Permitted Accessory Uses – Agricultural Use Types. Agricultural uses may include the following accessory uses, activities and structures:
A. Garden centers and roadside stands, subject to the regulations set forth in this chapter.
B. Other uses and activities necessarily and customarily associated with the purpose and functions of agricultural uses.