(A) This section authorizes as home occupations and rural home occupations all uses that conform to its standards. In general, a home or rural home occupation is an accessory use located and conducted in such a way that neighbors, under normal circumstances, would be unaware of its existence, except for a sign as permitted below. To establish whether a proposed accessory use qualifies as a home or rural home occupation, standards have been set to ensure compatibility with permitted uses, to maintain neighborhood character (whether urban or rural, residential or agricultural) and to clearly indicate a status that is secondary or incidental to an existing and occupied dwelling unit.
(B) Because compatibility with permitted uses and neighborhood character vary considerably with location and zoning, this section distinguishes between what may be suited to all living environments and what may be uniquely suited to agricultural settings. Thus home occupations conforming to the requirements below, are permitted in any non-rural zone which authorizes the dwelling unit to which the home occupation is accessory, and in rural zones on lots up to two acres in area; rural home occupations conforming to the requirements below are permitted as an accessory use on rural zoned lots, or parcels of land that have been and are currently used, by the owner of such a lot or parcel, for agricultural purposes larger than two acres in area.
(Ord. passed - -2006, § 80.35(B))