Firebaugh City Zoning Code
§ 25-41.2
Home Occupations.
Persons wishing to conduct a home occupation (which is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of a building as a residential dwelling) shall apply for a business license/home occupation permit through the Finance Department. Home occupations shall comply with the following regulations.
a.
Home occupations may include:
1.
Consultive professional occupations, whose function is one of rendering a service and does not involve the dispensing of goods or products.
2.
Secondary business offices associated with the resident, where said business has its principal office, staff and equipment located elsewhere.
3.
The giving of music lessons and similar occupations.
4.
The home office of a sales person, where all sales are done by written order with no commodities or displays on the premises.
5.
Drafting, designing and the like, using only normal equipment associated with the activity.
6.
Homemade foods businesses subject to standards of the California Homemade Foods Act (as codified in Government Code Section 51035), and the following City standards:
(a)
There shall be no employment of help outside the residents of the dwelling, except for one full-time employee.
(b)
All food preparation in conjunction with a homemade food business must take place in the residence's existing kitchen.
(c)
Prior to granting of a City business license the applicant shall obtain a permit from the Fresno County Environmental Health Department. The City business license shall not be effective until that permit or approval is obtained, and shall automatically expire if the other required permit or approval expires, is disapproved or is revoked.
(d)
A copy of the Fresno County Environmental Health Department permit to operate shall be provided to the City planning department within 10 working days of the issuance of that permit or approval.
b.
Notwithstanding standards for homemade food businesses, the following criteria shall apply for the evaluation of a home occupation:
1.
There shall be no employment of help other than members of the resident family.
2.
There shall be no use of material or mechanical equipment not recognized as being part of normal household or hobby uses.
3.
There shall be no sales of products or services not produced on the premises.
4.
The use shall not generate vehicular or pedestrian traffic beyond that normal to the district in which it is located.
5.
The activity shall not involve the use of commercial vehicles for delivery or materials to or from the premises, other than one vehicle not to exceed one ton, owned by the operator of such home occupations.
6.
There shall be no excessive or unsightly storage of materials or supplies, indoor or outdoor, for purposes other than those permitted in the district.
8.
Not more than one room in the dwelling shall be employed for the home occupation.
9.
In no way shall the appearance of the structure be so altered or the conduct of the occupation within the structure be such that the structure may be reasonably recognized as serving a nonresidential use (either by color, materials or construction, lighting, signs, sounds or noises, vibrations, etc.).
10.
There shall be no use of utilities or community facilities beyond that normal to the use of the property for residential purposes as defined in the district.