(A) General. Home occupations shall be allowed as conditional uses in R-1, R-2 and R-3 residential districts subject to the following standards:
(1) Not more than 25% of the total floor area of the dwelling shall be used for this purpose.
(2) Only articles made or originating on the premises shall be sold on the premises, unless such articles are incidental to permitted commercial service.
(3) No articles for sale shall be displayed so as to be visible from any street.
(4) The occupation is to be conducted solely by members of the household residing on the premises, except that one person necessary to the occupation may be employed.
(5) No mechanical or electrical equipment is used if the operation of such equipment interferes unreasonably with the desired quiet residential environment of the neighborhood or if the health and safety of the residents is endangered.
(6) No outside storage of materials, product, equipment or display of merchandise shall be allowed.
(7) Conducting of the home occupation shall not require substantial interior or exterior alterations of the dwelling.
(8) No sign shall be allowed other than one non illuminated name plate measuring not more than one by one and one-half feet and placed near the building entrance.
(9) Home occupations shall generate minimal traffic and parked vehicles so as to not change the character of the neighborhood.
(10) Uses specifically prohibited as home occupations include clinics, hospitals, mortuaries, motor vehicle repairing for hire, welding, animal hospitals and kennels.
(Ord. 251, passed 12-19-2005)