Applications for home occupation shall be made in accordance with all provisions of GMC Title 5, upon forms provided by the city clerk. The form shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:

Business license fees for home occupations shall be $75.00. An additional $20.00 fee shall be required for any business license that requires an on-site inspection to determine compliance with GMC § 17.66.040.

Be clearly subordinate to the principal use of the property for residential purposes;

Not involve modification of the property or exterior of its structures that indicates other than residential uses of the premises;

Is performed entirely within a permanent structure upon the premises;

No signs, display or other advertisement upon the property;

No media or other off-premises advertising shall give the address or location of the home occupation;

No outside storage of materials, supplies, products or by-products, or equipment, except a single occupational vehicle not exceeding 14,000 pounds gross vehicle weight (GVW);

Be conducted solely by persons residing within the dwelling unit upon the premises, subject to the definition of family;

Except for articles produced thereon, no merchandise, products, goods or wares may be displayed or offered for sale upon the premises;

No occupation requiring the customer or client to be present upon the premises while the profession, trade, skill or service is performed shall be allowed, with the exception of one-chair beauty salons/barber shops, which are permitted subject to all other provisions contained in this title;

No more than six customer vehicles may visit the dwelling in a given day;

Noise generated by the home occupation, detectable at any property line, shall not be in excess of the following standards:

No material or substance which is explosive, highly flammable, corrosive, radioactive or toxic shall be stored, created, utilized or discarded in any way without prior knowledge of and written approval by the city; provided the means or methods necessary for safety purposes do not conflict with other standards established herein;

The home occupation shall not generate light or glare, vibration, fumes or odors, or permit other conditions to occur or be present, which annoys, injures, or endangers the comfort, health, repose, decency or otherwise comfortable enjoyment of life and property of neighboring or surrounding residents, in accordance with the intent of this chapter;

The home occupation shall not occupy more than 20 percent of the gross floor area of the residence. All of an attached or detached garage may be used for a home occupation provided the area of the garage to be utilized does not exceed 600 square feet.

Within 10 working days of the date an application is received, the public works director or his/her duly authorized agent shall render a decision to approve or deny the application for home occupation license, unless the applicant agrees to an extension. In no case shall the date of decision exceed 30 calendar days from the date the application is received.

If the decision of the public works director is to deny the application, notification to the applicant shall include findings in support of the public works director's decision and the applicant's rights of administrative appeal. The written decision shall be mailed promptly to the applicant by certified mail. The date of receipt by the applicant shall be the date the applicant is notified of the public works director's decision. If no appeal is received, in accordance with GMC § 17.66.060, the decision of the public works director is final.