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Home Business

Section 400.430

Performance Standards. In addition to all limitations applicable to the zoning district in which it is located, no home occupation shall be permitted unless it complies with the following restrictions:

1. The home occupation shall be conducted entirely within the principal residential structure or in a permitted accessory building.
2. No alteration of the principal residential building shall be made which changes the character thereof as a dwelling.
3. There shall be no outdoor storage of materials or equipment used in the home occupation.
4. No more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the gross floor area of the primary residential dwelling may be used for a home occupation.
5. No stock in trade shall be displayed or sold on the premises.
6. No manufacturing or processing of any sort shall be done, except as permitted in Section 400.430(C).
7. No stock in trade, except articles produced by members of the family residing on the premises, shall be stored on the premises.
8. No sign shall advertise the presence or conduct of the home occupation.
9. No person other than an immediate member of the family related by blood, marriage, adoption or custodial relationship occupying the dwelling shall be employed in the home occupation.
10. No mechanical or electrical equipment other than normal domestic or household equipment shall be used.
11. The receipt or delivery of merchandise, goods or supplies for use in a home occupation shall be limited to the United States mail, similar parcel delivery services or private vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand (10,000) pounds or less.
12. No vehicles shall be parked and no equipment or materials shall be stored on the premises for trash haulers, home builders, home repair contractors and similar occupations.
13. The home occupation shall not produce offensive noise, vibration, illumination, smoke, electrical interference, dust, odors or heat. Any such condition detectable beyond the property lines or beyond the walls of the dwelling unit, if the unit is part of a duplex or multi-family structure, shall constitute a violation of this Section.

Outdoor Storage Violation