Subject to the restrictions set forth in section 70-669, permitted home occupations include, but are not limited to:

(1)

Custom dressmaking, millinery, tailoring, sewing of fabric for custom apparel and custom home furnishings;

(2)

Laundering and pressing;

(3)

Foster family care (not more than four children simultaneously);

(4)

Office: any office in which chattels or goods, wares or merchandise are not commercially created, exchanged or sold;

(5)

Tutoring (not more than four students simultaneously);

(6)

Fine arts studio in which are created only individual works of art;

(7)

Rooming and/or boarding of not more than two persons;

(8)

Such other uses that are compatible with the uses previously stated.

(Code 1985, § 10-18-1(A))

The home occupations herein permitted shall be operated subject to all of the following additional limitations:

(1)

Such use shall be conducted entirely within a dwelling or existing accessory structure. Exterior alterations or additions to an accessory structure for the purpose of accommodating a home occupation are prohibited.

(2)

The use shall not have a separate entrance from outside the building.

(3)

The operator of the home occupation shall not display or create outside the building any external evidence of the operation of the home occupation except for signs, which are subject to the Sign Code (ch. 70, article XI).

(4)

The total area used for such purpose shall not be more than 20 percent of the gross floor area of the dwelling unit or accessory structure or more than 300 square feet of the dwelling unit or accessory structure, whichever is less.

(5)

Such use shall be operated by a resident of the dwelling unit and shall not have any compensated employees not residing in the dwelling unit.

(6)

The use shall be limited to the use of electric motors for the power with a limitation of two horsepower for any one motor.

(7)

The home occupation shall clearly be incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes and shall not generate noise, dust, vibration, odor, smoke, glare, electrical interference, fire hazard, traffic or parking congestion, or any other nuisance or hazard which disturbs or tends to disturb the peace, tranquility, safety and quiet of a residential zone district.

(8)

One off-street parking space, in addition to those required for residential use, shall be provided unless it is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the city that no additional need will be created.

(9)

There shall be no exterior storage or display materials, goods, supplies, or equipment used in the home occupation on the property.

(Code 1985, § 10-18-1(B); Ord. No. 08-01, § 4, 1-15-2008)