Any home occupation meeting all of the following requirements shall be permitted in a dwelling unit.
(a) The home occupation shall only be conducted within a principal structure and shall not be conducted within an accessory structure.
(b) No structural changes to the residence or changes to the external appearance of the principal structure shall be made to accommodate the home occupation.
(c) Only members of the family residing on the premises shall be engaged in such occupation.
(d) The home occupation shall be incidental and subordinate to the residential use of the premises. Not more than the lesser of twenty percent (20%) or four hundred square feet of heated square footage of the premises shall be used in conducting a home occupation. Unheated square footage shall not be used in conducting a home occupation or in determining square footage allowed.
(e) Signage indicating the non-residential use of the premises is prohibited. In addition, no site features of a nonresidential nature shall be incorporated.
(f) Any vehicle which is used in conjunction with the home occupation, except for noncommercial personal vehicles bearing no advertising of the home occupation, must be garaged.
(g) No goods may be sold on the premises.
(h) The home occupation may not generate traffic in greater volume than normal for a residential neighborhood. The number of deliveries, pickups, or general destination trips or customer/client visits relating to the non-residential use of the premises shall not exceed two per day. Uses which are dependent on customer/client traffic to the residents require a Conditional Use Permit.
(i) If the occupation is conducted in a single family residence, no equipment or process may be used in the home occupation which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors or electrical interference detectable to the normal senses off the lot. If the occupation is conducted in other than a single family residence, such noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors or electrical interference shall not be detectable to the normal senses outside of the dwelling unit. In the case of electrical interference, no equipment or process shall be used which creates visual or audible interference in any radio or television receivers off the premises, or causes fluctuations in line of voltage off the premises. There shall be no increased burden placed upon existing City services provided to the residence as a result of a home occupation.
(Ord. 92-45. Passed 6-16-92.)