1. Home-Based Businesses; Home Occupations. Each home-based business shall register with the City, on a form established by the Zoning Administrator. Home-based businesses and home occupations are permitted as an accessory use in residential units subject to the following conditions:
A. External Effects.
(1) There shall be no change in the exterior appearance of the building or premises housing the home occupation other than signage permitted within this section.
(2) No noise, odors, bright lights, electronic interference, storage, or other external effects attributable to the home occupation shall be noticeable from any adjacent property or public right-of-way.
(3) The home occupation shall be carried on entirely within the principal residential structure and/or within a detached accessory building approved by the Board of Adjustment in accordance with these zoning regulations. All “external effects” criteria in subparagraphs (1), (2), (4), (5), and (6) of this paragraph A are applicable for the detached accessory building. Signage is not allowed upon the detached accessory building.
(4) Mechanical or electrical equipment supporting the home occupation shall be limited to that which is self-contained within the structure and normally used for office, domestic or household purposes.
(5) No outdoor storage of materials or equipment used in the home occupation shall be permitted, other than motor vehicles used by the owner to conduct the occupation. Parking or storage of heavy commercial vehicles to conduct the home occupation is prohibited.
(6) No home occupation shall discharge into any sewer, drainage way, or the ground any material which is radioactive, poisonous, detrimental to normal sewer plant operation, or corrosive to sewer pipes and installations.
B. Employees. The home occupation shall employ no more than one full time or part time employee on site other than the residents of the dwelling unit, provided that one off-street parking space is made available and used by that nonresident employee.
C. Extent of Use. For all residential zoning districts, a maximum of 30% of the floor area of the dwelling may be devoted or used for a home based business/home occupation, inclusive of any attached garage or detached accessory buildings used for the home occupation.
D. Signage. Signage designating the home occupation shall be consistent with regulations for zoning districts set forth in Chapter 175 of this Zoning Code.
E. Traffic Generation.
(1) Home-based businesses may generate no more than 10 vehicle trips per day.
(2) Delivery or service by commercial vehicles or trucks over ten tons gross empty weight is prohibited for any home-based business located on a local street.
F. Prohibited Home-Based Businesses or Home Occupations.
(1) Beauty and Barber Shops. Barber and beauty shops are allowed only as a conditional use as home occupations in the AG, R-2, R-3, and R-4 zoning districts.
(2) Welding, vehicle body repair, and rebuilding or dismantling of vehicles are not permitted as home-based businesses.
2. Permitted Accessory Uses – Residential Uses. Residential uses may include the following accessory uses, activities, and structures on the same lot.
A. Private garages and parking for the residential use.
B. Recreational activities and uses by residents.
C. Home occupations, subject to subsection 1 of this section.
D. Residential convenience services or common facilities for multi-family uses or mobile home parks.
E. Garage sales, provided that the frequency of such sales at any one location shall not exceed four sales, each with a maximum duration of two days, in a calendar year.
F. Caretaker’s residences.
G. Vehicle sales, provided that the frequency of such vehicle sales does not exceed more than one vehicle at any given time and no more than two vehicles per calendar year, with a maximum duration of 30 days per vehicle.
3. Permitted Accessory Uses – Civic Use Types. Guidance services and health care use types are permitted in the GI General Industrial zoning districts only as accessory uses to a primary industrial use, subject to approval by the Board of Adjustment.
4. Permitted Accessory Uses – Other Use Types. Other use types may include the following accessory uses, activities, and structures on the same lot:
A. Parking for the principal use.
B. Manufacturing or fabrication of products made for sale in a principal commercial use, provided such manufacturing is totally contained within the structure housing the principal use.
C. Services operated for the sole benefit of employees of the principal use.
5. Permitted Accessory Uses – Agricultural Use Types,
A. Garden centers and roadside stands, subject to the regulations set forth in subsection 1 of this section.
B. Other uses and activities necessarily and customarily associated with the purpose and functions of agricultural uses.