(A) The provisions of this section shall control the conduct, establishment and maintenance of home occupations. No home occupation shall be established unless and until a permit therefore has been issued in accordance with these provisions.
(B) Home occupations may be conducted within a dwelling or a permitted accessory building subject to compliance with all of the following conditions:
(1) No person other than members of the family residing on the premises shall be engaged in such home occupation.
(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.
(3) No more than one home occupation permit shall be granted per dwelling unit.
(4) The home occupation shall be conducted entirely within the dwelling unit or permitted accessory building and shall be restricted to one room, excluding the bathroom only if such facility is required by law.
(5) There shall be no change in the outside appearance of the dwelling or premises, or other visible evidence of the conduct of such home occupation.
(6) There shall be no sales on the premises in connection with such home occupation.
(7) No traffic shall be generated by such home occupation in greater volumes than would be expected in residential neighborhood.
(8) No equipment or process shall be used in such home occupation which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors, or electrical interferences, outside the dwelling unit. In the case of electrical interferences, no equipment or process shall be used which creates visual or audible interference in any television or radio receivers off the premises, or cause fluctuations in line voltage off the premises.
(9) Two parking spaces shall be provided for the proper conduct of the home occupation off the street and other than in a required front yard.
(10) No exterior signs shall be permitted except as may be required by law, and if required then the minimum sign size shall be permitted.
(C) Applications for a home occupation shall be made in writing to the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission shall then hold at least one public hearing after notice as required by KRS Chapter 424. Notice of the hearing shall also be given at least 14 days in advance of the hearing by certified mail to the owners of all property adjoining where the home occupation will be conducted.
(D) The Planning Commission may attach such conditions to the conduct and nature of the home occupation as it deems necessary to insure protection of the neighborhood involved and consistent with the purposes of this section.
(E) Abatement.
(1) The Zoning Administrator or Administrative Official may initiate proceedings for the revocation of a home occupation permit and in the following manner:
(a) The application for revocation shall set forth precisely the grounds of revocation.
(b) Notice of the application for revocation shall be given to the holder of the home occupation permit; the notice shall include a copy of the application for revocation and shall give the date, time and location of the revocation hearing.
(c) Notice of the revocation hearing shall be given at least 14 days in advance of the hearing by registered mail or by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the holder of the permit.
(d) The return receipt shall be proof of the date of service and the 14-day period shall commence to run from the date of service.
(2) Upon notice given at least 14 days prior to hearing, stating the intent to revoke the home occupation permit and stating the grounds there along with the time and date of the hearing, a public hearing shall be conducted. Following the presentation of evidence, the Planning Commission may revoke
a home occupation permit upon a determination that the occupation or use has been and is conducted so as to create one or more of the following conditions:
(a) A nuisance or other undesirable condition interfering with the public health, safety, morals or general welfare of the community;
(b) A violation of the provisions of the chapter or any other applicable law, ordinance, or violation of the conditions imposed upon the home occupation permit.
(Ord. 665-98, passed 12-21-1998)