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HOME OCCUPATION Planning & Building Department [PHONE REDACTED] 1290 S. Public Road, Lafayette, Colorado 80026 Email: [EMAIL REDACTED] A home occupation may be placed in a residential zone when the following standards can be met and maintained: No person other than family members residing in the dwelling or mobile home is to be engaged in the business. No more than 25 percent of the floor area of the dwelling or mobile home is used for the business. An accessory building may be used, provided the floor area requirements of above, are not exceeded and the accessory building can be converted to a common accessory building on termination of the home occupation. The Planning Director may require a minimum of one or more additional parking spaces. The use must maintain a non-business, non-commercial appearance at all times. One sign not to exceed 1½ square feet is permitted for the business. The home occupation is not a nuisance to surrounding properties due to noise, odor, or increased traffic. If a home occupation is lawfully established and a nuisance or abuse of an approved plan is determined to exist after the establishment of the use, the Planning Director shall give the owners 120 days in which to correct the nuisance, relocate the use, or terminate use of the property for the home occupation. The following uses shall not be considered home occupations: automotive repair shops, construction equipment storage yards, welding shops, and other similar uses that generate undue noise, on-site storage, or require storage of toxic or flammable materials. [Section 26-14-9 Home Occupations]