(A) A home-based business that operates from a residential property may operate in an area zoned for residential use in compliance with this section and F.S. § 559.955, as amended. A business is considered a home- based business if it operates, in whole or in part, from a residential property. All home- based businesses shall comply with the following criteria as conditions of a home-based business local business tax receipt:
(1) The employees of the business who work at the residential dwelling must also reside in the residential dwelling, except that up to a total of two employees or independent contractors who do not reside at the residential dwelling may work at the business. The business may have additional remote employees that do not work at the residential dwelling.
(2) Parking related to the business activities may not be greater in volume than would normally be expected at a similar residence where no business is conducted.
(3) The parking of commercial vehicles and trailers related to home-based businesses shall be regulated in the same manner as any other commercial vehicle or trailer parked or stored on residential property pursuant to __________, and shall not be parked:
(a) Within the right-of-way;
(b) On or over a sidewalk; or,
(c) On any unpaved surfaces.
(4) Heavy equipment, which includes but is not limited to commercial, industrial, or agricultural vehicles, equipment, or machinery shall not be permitted to be parked or stored at any time on a residential property in connection with any home-based business.
(5) All home-based businesses must obtain a local business tax receipt before the business may begin to operate.
(6) The home-based business may not conduct retail transactions at a structure other than the residential dwelling; however, incidental business uses and activities may be conducted at the residential property.
(7) The activities of the home-based business are secondary and ancillary to the property's use as a residential dwelling.
(8) The activities of the home-based business must comply with any and all relevant local or state regulations.
(9) The home-based business shall be subject to all applicable codes, laws, and ordinances of the zoning classification where the business is located which regulate nuisances, noise, vibration, heat, smoke, dust, lighting, glare, fumes, odors, and all other similar property maintenance standards and requirements.
(10) As viewed from the street, the use of the residential property is consistent with the uses of the residential areas that surround the property. External modifications made to a residential dwelling to accommodate a home-based business must conform to the residential character and architectural aesthetics of the neighborhood.
(11) No commercial sign of any type may be posted or displayed on the residence.
(12) No traffic shall be generated by such home-based business in greater volume than would normally be expected in the neighborhood.
(13) There shall be no display of goods, machinery, equipment nor any performance of work visible or audible from any street or adjoining property, nor shall there be any sign or display identifying or providing any information of any nature regarding the home-based business.
(B) The applicant acknowledges that upon the issuance of a home-based business local business tax receipt to operate a home-based business, the city shall have the right to inspect, at reasonable times, the premises upon which the home-based business is conducted to insure compliance with the foregoing standards and conditions, and investigate complaints, if any.
(C) Any violation of this section may result in a fine in accordance with § 120.99 of the Code of Ordinances. Additionally, the city may revoke any home- based local business tax receipt for non-compliance with this section, in accordance with the provisions of §§ 115.29 et seq. of the city's Code of Ordinances.
(D) No home-based business local business tax receipt issued pursuant to this section shall be transferrable, assignable or otherwise alienable.
(E) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to require a home-based business local business tax receipt for an individual who, in the normal course of business, brings work materials into the residence for review, preparation dictation, or other routine process including, but not limited to jobs which are all "take home" work from another business location or employment.
(‘69 Code, § 11-41) (Ord. 371, passed 8-19-74; Am. Ord. 1066, passed 3-2-94; Am. Ord. 1186, passed 10-2-96; Am. Ord. 1576, passed 4-18-07; Am. Ord. 1987, passed 3-16-22) Penalty, see § 120.99