Home occupations shall be permitted as appurtenant and accessory uses to any residential uses. The following standards shall apply to each home occupation:

(a) The home occupation is confined completely within a legal structure and occupies not more than twenty-five percent of the floor space of a dwelling or fifty percent of that of an accessory building.

(b) Strictly retail businesses shall not be allowed (that is, grocery stores, stock item stores, and the like).

(c) The home occupation is carried on by the members of the family occupying the dwelling with no other persons employed.

(d) The home occupation produces no evidence of its existence upon or beyond the premises such as external alteration creating nonresidential or unsightly appearance of a structure, noise, smoke, odors, vibrations, etc., except one sign as allowed by section 44-3.50 (Sign Regulations) and agricultural home occupations provided for in this section.

(e) Agricultural home occupations limited to growing annual flowers and vegetables for off-site sales; provided, that: (1) the cultivation is limited to the rear yard area; (2) cultivation shall only occur outdoors; and (3) the total cultivation area shall not exceed fifty percent of the rear yard area outside the accessory structure setback requirements.

(f) No home occupation shall be allowed unless an administrative permit has first been issued for such use as required by Article 44-1 (Administrative Provisions), except businesses utilizing only office equipment or producing items inside the primary structure with no employees, no display or storage, no signs, or no exterior indication of any business will be permitted upon the registration of such businesses with the planning department and subject to the limitations described in this section, acknowledged by the signature of the applicant as part of the registration process. (Ord. No. 765 § 2 (Exh. A) (part): Ord. No. 793, § 2.)