Home occupations are allowed in residential zones, with a valid business license as required in Klamath Falls City Code Chapter 7, Article 1 and based on the following criteria:
A. Other than members of the family which reside within the dwelling, there shall be no more than one full-time equivalent employee, and no more than one outside-of-the-family employee present at any given time engaged in the occupation. If there is an outside-of-the-family employee associated with the home occupation, there shall be one additional parking space provided beyond that required under Section
14.010. Such space shall be paved with asphalt, concrete or similar hard surface;
B. There shall be no on-premises, outside storage of materials, supplies or finished products associated with the occupation;
C. The occupation shall occupy no more than 25% of the ground floor area of the main building, including an attached garage, up to a maximum of 250 square feet or an equivalent amount of area within an accessory structure;
D. No occupation shall be allowed to infringe upon the rights of neighboring residents to enjoy the peaceful occupancy of their homes;
E. There shall be no more than eight client or customer vehicles per day at the home occupation. Clients or customers are permitted at the home occupation from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. only;
F. On-site retail sales will not be allowed, except for the sale of items incidental to the occupational use, such as the sale of beauty products from salons, lesson books or sheet music for music teachers or computer software for computer consultants; and
G. Signs not to exceed four square feet are allowed at locations with licensed home occupations as allowed under Section
14.348.
(Ord. 17-10, 2017; Ord. 22-13, 2022)