Except as may be otherwise prohibited in this article, home
occupations are permitted, subject to the requirements and limitations
set forth in this article.
The following requirements shall apply to home occupations:
A. Must be accessory to the dwelling unit and subordinate to the dwelling
unit. 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.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
B. Maximum portion of dwelling unit that may be used. Not more than
30% of the habitable floor area of the dwelling unit shall be used
in the conduct of the home occupation.
C. Outside appearance. Dwelling units that contain a home occupation
shall retain the appearance of a residence. There shall be no change
in the outside appearance of the building or property, or other visible
evidence of the conduct of such home occupation. The public display
of goods visible from the street or abutting properties and any visible
advertising on the premises shall be prohibited, except for a single
sign, not larger than two square feet, which may identify the name
of the business and shall be no higher than six feet from entrance
level and attached to the building on the front facade. This sign
is permitted for the purpose of facilitating the identification of
the home occupation for visitors and deliveries.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
D. Sales to the public prohibited. There shall be no sale to the general
public of goods displayed on the premises.
E. Truck parking. No more than one truck of the size permitted in Article
27 and used in the home occupation shall be permitted to be parked on the premises unless such additional vehicle or vehicles are parked inside a garage.
F. Storage. Except for the parking of motor vehicles as permitted in this section, outdoor storage related to a home occupation shall be governed by the provisions of Articles
25 and
26.
G. Equipment and process limitation. No equipment or process shall be
used in any home occupation which creates noise, vibration, glare,
fumes, odors, or electrical interference detectable to the normal
senses at the property line if the occupation is conducted in a single-family
detached dwelling, or outside the dwelling unit if the occupation
is conducted in a two-family or duplex dwelling. No equipment or process
shall be used in any home occupation which causes electrical, visual
or audible interference in any radio or television receiver located
off the premises or causes fluctuations in line voltage off the premises.
H. Nuisance. There shall be no noise, dust, smoke, fumes, odor, glare,
flashes, vibrations, shock waves, heat, electronic or atomic radiation,
objectionable effluent, unusual risks of fire, explosion or activity
otherwise prohibited by law or this chapter in connection with such
home occupation.
The following shall not be deemed to be home occupations and
are prohibited in all residential zones and in all dwelling units
located in nonresidential zones:
A. Any medical, nursing, convalescent, or treatment facilities, including
but not limited to:
(1)
Operation of clinics, hospitals, alcohol rehabilitation facilities
and outpatient dispensaries;
(2)
The services of a doctor, dentist, veterinarian, psychiatrist,
psychologist or other health services any of which involve patient
or client visitation to the premises;
(3)
The providing of nursing or convalescent care;
(4)
The furnishing of narcotic, drug or alcohol abuse treatment;
and
(5)
The performing of abortions.
B. Embalming, undertaking, funeral parlors or funeral homes;
C. Barber shops, beauty parlors, massage parlors, tanning salons, tattoo
parlors, the provision of pedicures, manicures, electrolysis or any
similar personal services;
D. Pet care/grooming, kennels, animal hospitals or animal recuperation
or rehabilitation services, or any similar services for animals;
E. The furnishing of home care services for more than five children
at any one time in a dwelling unit for a monetary consideration;
F. Music or dancing schools other than for individual instruction of
one pupil at a time, with no more than two pupils waiting;
G. The dispensing of food for consumption on the premises;
H. Tea rooms, or tourist homes, or bed-and-breakfasts;
I. The operation of a taxi service, or the operation of a limousine
service having more than two limousines parked on the premises;
J. The operation of a business which results in the storage or maintenance
of construction equipment such as, but not limited to, backhoes, dump
trucks, flatbed trucks, equipment trailers, tractors, compressors,
cement mixers and similar equipment on the residential premises;
K. The storage, maintenance, repair or sale of motor powered equipment
such as, but not limited to, automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, motor
bikes or lawn mowers, provided, however, that such activities if otherwise
lawful may be conducted by residents of the property in connection
with motorized equipment owned by such residents for their own personal
use;
L. The assembly or storage of motor vehicles for shipment;
M. Sales at retail to the public;
O. Psychic or other paranormal services.