A home occupation shall be permitted only in accordance with the following provisions:
(a) No person or persons shall operate a home occupation or be employed thereunder other than a resident of the premises.
(b) The home occupation shall be conducted entirely within the dwelling, and the use of the dwelling for the home occupation shall be clearly incidental and subordinate to its use for residential purposes by its occupants. Not more than 25% of the gross floor area of any dwelling unit shall be used for a home occupation.
(c) There shall be no change in the outside appearance of the building or premises, or other visible evidence of the conduct of such home occupation other than 1 home occupation sign, if permitted under Chapter 826 of these Codified Ordinances.
(d) There shall be no sale on the premises of commodities not produced as the result of the home occupation.
(e) No toxic, explosive, flammable, combustible, corrosive, etiologic, radioactive or other restricted materials shall be used or stored on the site in amounts greater than those normally associated with domestic use.
(f) In no case shall a home occupation be open to the public at times earlier than 8:00 a.m. nor later than 10:00 p.m.
(g) No advertisement shall be placed in any media containing the address of the property.
(h) Vehicles associated with the home occupation shall be subject to the following:
(1) Not more than 1 vehicle shall be used for the purposes of the home occupation.
(2) Such vehicle shall not be larger than a 3/4-ton truck.
(3) Deliveries and/or pickups of goods related to the home occupation shall not be made in vehicles other than the vehicle associated with the home occupation.
(4) Such vehicle shall not have any permanent advertising of the home occupation but may have magnetic or other temporarily affixed advertising, provided such advertising is removed at all times the home occupation is not open to the public, as set forth in division (f) of this section.
(i) No traffic, including deliveries, shall be generated by such home occupation in greater volume than would normally be expected in a residential neighborhood, and any need for parking generated by the conduct of such home occupation shall be off-street and not within a required front yard.
(j) Equipment or processes shall not be used in such home occupation which create noise, vibrations, glare, fumes, odors, or electrical interference detectable outside the dwelling. In the case of electrical interference, no equipment or process shall be used which creates visual or audible interference in any radio, television receiver off the premises, or cause fluctuations in voltage off the premises.
(k) Only the following uses may be permitted as home occupations:
(1) Architectural and/or engineering service.
(2) Artist studio.
(3) Attorney.
(4) Babysitting, up to 4 children at a time.
(5) Beauty and barber services, 1 chair only.
(6) Professional consulting services.
(7) Data processing.
(8) Direct sale product distribution (Amway, Avon, Tupperware, etc.).
(9) Drafting and graphic design services.
(10) Dressmaking, sewing, tailoring, contract sewing (one machine).
(11) Financial planning, investment services.
(12) Graphic design.
(13) Internet sales, trading and information services.
(14) Home cooking and preserving for sale off-site.
(15) Home crafts such as model making, rug weaving, cabinet making or ceramics utilizing a kiln with a capacity of 6 cubic feet or less.
(16) House cleaning service.
(17) Insurance sales or broker.
(18) Interior design.
(19) Laundry, ironing service.
(20) Licensed massage therapist.
(21) Locksmith.
(22) Mail order, no retail sales from site.
(23) Real estate sales or broker.
(24) Sales representative, office only.
(25) Court reporter, stenographer.
(26) Telephone answering, switchboard, call forwarding.
(27) Tutoring, limited to 1 student at a time.
(28) Typing, word processing service.
(29) Writing, computer programming.
(30) Other similar uses as determined by the Zoning Administrator.
(l) The following uses, by the nature of the investment or operation, have a pronounced tendency once started to rapidly increase beyond the limits permitted for home occupations, and thereby impair the use and value of a residentially zoned area for residence purposes. Therefore, the uses specified below shall not be permitted as home occupations under any circumstances:
(1) Appliance repair.
(2) Automobile or vehicle repair, automobile or vehicle parts sales, automobile or vehicle painting or detailing, and automobile or vehicle washing service, including businesses working at customers' homes.
(3) Beauty and barber services, 2 or more chairs.
(4) Boarding house.
(5) Carpentry.
(6) Ceramics utilizing a kiln with a capacity of more than 6 cubic feet.
(7) Churches, religious instruction.
(8) Contracting, masonry, plumbing or painting.
(9) Gift shop.
(10) Health salons, gyms, dance studios, aerobic exercise studios.
(11) Limousine service.
(12) Medical or dental office.
(13) Mortician, hearse service.
(14) Palm reading, fortune telling.
(15) Photography studios.
(16) Private clubs.
(17) Rental equipment businesses.
(18) Restaurants, taverns, food preparation.
(19) Retail sales on site.
(20) Small engine repair.
(21) Tow truck services.
(22) Veterinary uses, including care, grooming, or boarding.
(23) Wedding or bridal shops.
(Ord. 16-2003. Passed 5-1-03; Ord. 04-2016. Passed 4-7-16.)