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Home Occupation Permit Application Name: Name of Business: Address: Mailing Address, if different: Phone: Email: Type of Home Occupation: Primary Use of Structure is as a Private Residence: Yes □ No □ Applicant Resides at the Address Provided: Yes □ No □ Number of Employees Not Residing at the Address Provided: Days and Hours of Operation: Number of Parking Spaces Available for Clients (not less than Number of Clients Expected at Any One Time: No more than three will be allowed. Total Area of Home to be Used by Home Occupation: No More than 30% or 250 square feet of existing dwelling or 300 square feet of any accessory structure. Home occupation shall not result in the elimination of the dwelling’s kitchen or all of its bedrooms. Size of Signage: No more than twenty (20) square feet Please supply sign plans and a site plan of the residence and/or accessory structure showing location and size of desired home occupation. Applicant Signature: Date: ---PAGE BREAK--- Page 2 of 4 6.19 - Home Occupations 6.19.1 Intent It is the intent of this Section to provide clear standards for home occupations in zones that allow residential use which will ensure compatibility with the residential purposes of those zones and that there are no adverse effects on the residential character of those zones, and which will not allow in residential zones those uses allowed in commercial and industrial zones except as specifically authorized by this Section. This Section is not meant to regulate a small home lawn mowing service, lemonade stand, magazine sales, cookie sales, or other traditional small-scale businesses or business-like activities operated by a child residing in the dwelling, which are considered exempt from the provisions of this Code. 6.19.2 Home Occupation Permit Required A home occupation permit, zoning certificate, and accompanying residential site plan shall be submitted for the Community Development Department Director's review and approval to verify compliance with the home occupation standards. The site plan shall indicate the area proposed for the home occupation within the residence or accessory structure and shall demonstrate compliance with the requirements of this section and with the general development standards of Chapter 6 of this Code. 6.19.3 Accessory in Character The residential home occupation shall be clearly subordinate to the use of the lot as a residence. The use of the dwelling or detached accessory structure for the home occupation shall not result in any visual or other essential change in the residential character of the property. The home occupation shall be contained entirely within the dwelling or a detached accessory structure. 6.19.4 No Visual Impacts No activity associated with a home occupation shall be allowed which results in detrimental visual impacts to the surrounding neighborhood. 6.19.5 Person Conducting Occupation Resides on Lot The home occupation shall be conducted only by a person or persons residing on the lot or parcel. 6.19.6 Number of Employees Residential home occupations shall be limited to one employee who is not a resident at the premises on which the home occupation is conducted. 6.19.7 Hours of Operation All activities associated with a home occupation shall be limited to the hours of 8:00 a.m. through 6:00 p.m. 6.19.8 Applicable Business Licenses Required The home occupation's operator shall be required to obtain and maintain all applicable licenses for the home occupation conducted on the property. 6.19.9 Sales Tax The home occupation's operator shall be required to pay applicable sales tax on all products or services sold as a home occupation. 6.19.10 Signage and Advertising There shall be no advertising of the home occupation visible outside the dwelling except in accordance with the signage provisions in Chapter 5. Except by customary exterior residential lighting, no sign illumination is allowed. ---PAGE BREAK--- Page 3 of 4 6.19.11 Sales Limited No sale of goods, supplies, or other inventory shall be allowed unless the sales are clearly incidental and related to providing a service sale of hair care products at a beauty shop; occasional sale of a firearm by a gunsmith; incidental retail sales where the home occupation is a mail order, internet, or delivery business, brokers of firearms where inventory is not maintained on site except for specific transactions) or unless the items are produced, constructed or assembled on the premises or are clearly incidental and related to the sale of the homemade items. Nothing in this Section shall limit the ability of the home occupation to sell products mail order via the internet or by telephone. 6.19.12 Nuisances and Hazards Avoided Any mechanical, electrical or electronic equipment or machinery used in the home occupation shall be operated in a fashion so that no noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors, heat, or electrical interference are detectable to the normal senses beyond the boundary line of the lot or parcel. In no case shall any equipment be allowed which involves the use of hazardous, explosive or highly flammable (other than fuel needed to power the equipment) substances or which produces hazardous, explosive or highly flammable wastes or products. 6.19.13 Conducted in Accordance with Laws The occupation shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable building, fire, health, and environmental laws, codes, and regulations. 6.19.14 More than One Home Occupation Allowed More than one home occupation may be conducted on any property provided that aggregate impacts are limited to those allowed by this Code. 6.19.15 Deliveries Limited Deliveries other than standard parcel services are prohibited when associated with a home occupation. No commercial tractor-trailer semi-truck deliveries shall be permitted. 6.19.16 Environmental Impacts The rural home occupation shall not result in any generation of solid waste or hazardous substances or petroleum or excessive noise, vibration, dust, glare, drainage, erosion or other environmental impacts to surrounding lot or parcel owners. 6.19.17 Allowed Residential Home Occupations The following home occupations shall be allowed in residential zone districts subject to the standards and requirements of this Section: • Any principal or sideline occupation or trade or any hobby which results in the sale or trade of any products manufactured by the resident on the premises or the preparation or provision of any service by the resident on the premises; • Any professional or business office, whether the resident's principal or occasional work place; • Any educational or training service requiring pupils, students or trainees to come to the premises for instruction by resident music or art studios); • Home day cares; • Any non-profit, civic, or religious organization or association for which the resident is employed, works, serves, or represents, whether or not the resident is remunerated for the services; and • Any bed and breakfast home, which operates in conformance with specific-use and all other applicable development standards of this Code. ---PAGE BREAK--- Page 4 of 4 6.19.18 Excluded Uses A residential home occupation shall not include the following uses: • Auto repair garages, auto re-conditioning (detailing), or auto body/ paint shops; • Any form of food service (restaurants, catering, etc.); • Any form of vehicle/trailer sales or rental storage; • Contractor's equipment yard or equipment rental or sales; • Funeral parlor; • Any form of hospital (other than doctor's office); • Any form of pet boarding or veterinary hospital; • Any form of rental warehousing; • Commercial stables; • Any trucking, hauling, bussing, taxi, or limousine dispatch service which would require the parking of vehicles on site between jobs or service calls; or • Any industrial or heavy commercial use. 6.19.19 Limit on Area within a Dwelling and Accessory Structure The total area used for the home occupation shall not occupy more than 30 percent or 250 square feet of the existing dwelling, whichever is larger. The home occupation shall not exceed more than 300 square feet of any accessory structure. The operation of a home occupation shall not result in the elimination of the dwelling's kitchen or all of its bedrooms. 6.19.20 Outside Storage Prohibited There shall be no outside storage or display on the premises of material, tools or equipment used as part of the home occupation or any products manufactured as part of the home occupation. 6.19.21 Limit on Visitation by Clients The occupation will ordinarily not bring more than 3 clients or customers to the lot or parcel at any one time. 6.19.22 Parking Spaces Required If the home occupation will result in any clients or customers coming to the property, no less than 2 parking spaces shall be available