Subd. 1. Purpose And Intent For Home Based Business. To establish standards by which home based businesses are allowed in residential neighborhoods and preserve the residential characteristics of the R, R1 and RM Districts. Home based businesses shall have no adverse impact to building aesthetics, traffic volume, noise, odor, or any other activity that adversely affects the health, safety and general welfare or is detrimental to the residential nature of the surrounding neighborhood.

(Source: Ordinance No. 1-2009, 02-26-2009)

Subd. 2. Required Conditions. It is unlawful to conduct a home based businesses except in the R, R-1, RM, MU, TOD-R, TOD-MU, TC-MU, and TC-R Districts, and it is also unlawful to conduct a home occupation except in compliance with the following regulations:

A.

A home based business shall be conducted in a dwelling. No more than twenty-five (25%) of the dwelling may be devoted to home based business use. Home based businesses are not permitted within a detached accessory building or garage.

B.

A home based business shall not be conducted in an accessory structure, and there shall be no storage of equipment or supplies in an accessory structure or outside the dwelling.

(Source: City Code, 9-17-1982)

C.

An entrance to the space devoted to such home based business shall be within the dwelling. There shall be no internal or external alterations, or construction features not typically found in a dwelling.

D.

This home based business shall be carried on or conducted only by members of a family residing in the dwelling and no more than one (1) non-resident of the dwelling.

(Source: Ordinance No. 9-87, 5-7-1987)

E.

No non-vehicular motor utilized in connection with the operation of a home based business shall exceed one (1) horse power. Non-vehicular motors shall not be operated or tested at the premises of a home based business.

F.

A home based business shall not create any radio or television interference or create noise audible beyond the boundaries of the site.

G.

No smoke, odor, liquid, or solid waste shall be emitted.

H.

Not more than one (1) vehicle of not more than three-quarter ¾ ton capacity, nor any trailers, utilized in connection with a home based business shall be permitted at the site of the home based business. Any vehicles utilized in connection with the home based business having ladders, pipes, glass, tools, buckets, tanks, snow plow, winch, or any other appendages and vehicles licensed as a cab or limousine shall be parked in an attached garage when at the site of the home based business. Vehicles utilized in connection with a home business shall not be permitted to be parked on the public or private streets for more than four (4) hours in a 24-hour period.

I.

A home based business shall not create business related pedestrian, automobile, or truck traffic in excess of ten (10) trips per dwelling per day. One (1) trip shall be measured as any business related activity requiring pedestrian, automobile or truck to enter or leave on which the dwelling is located.

J.

No retail or wholesale sales activity shall be conducted on the premises other than by telephone, mail, Internet or other electronic medium.

K.

Parking is limited to four (4) spaces for an employee, visitors and invitees of the home based business. No vehicles utilized in connection with the home based business and no employee or customer vehicles may be parked on public or private streets.

L.

Deliveries for a home based business shall be limited to straight axle vehicles and shall be limited to two (2) delivery or pick-up trips per day and during the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

M.

Hours of operation for customers of a home business shall be limited to the hours between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

N.

A home based business may display one (1) exterior sign not to exceed one (1) square feet for the dwelling and two (2) signs for each vehicle associated with the home based business, each sign not to exceed one (1) square feet.

(Source: Ordinance No. 20-2023, 12-14-2023; Ordinance No. 1-2009, 02-26-2009)