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Marriott Slaterville
City Zoning Code

13.36 Home

Occupations

13.36.010 Purpose And Intent

The purpose of this chapter is to allow persons residing in dwellings in residential and agricultural zones to use their mental, physical expertise, or talent to operate a limited business. The intent is to allow them to develop products for sale, operate certain kinds of small businesses, or maintain a professional or business office. These provisions are to allow on a limited basis these kinds of activities while providing peace, quiet, and tranquillity within these neighborhoods or zones. The intent is to protect residents from excessive noise, traffic, nuisances, fire hazards, and other potential adverse impacts of said limited business activities.

13.36.020 Use

  1. Home occupations shall be allowed either as Permitted or Conditional Uses in various residential and agricultural districts of the city as listed in the Use Regulations of such various districts and in accordance with the regulations and restrictions of this Chapter.
  2. The following uses are examples of acceptable Home Occupations:
    1. Group instruction or motivational meetings as a forum for sales presentations held not more than once every month.
    2. Musical instruction.
    3. Phone-order or mail order services.
    4. Barber or beautician services with not more than 2 stations on the premises.
    5. Child day care of not more than eight (8) children, including care giver’s children under six (6) years of age.
    6. Computer information services.
    7. Home hobbies and crafts.
  3. The following uses shall not constitute Home Occupations:
    1. Any activity that noticeably produces electrical interference, smoke, dust, odors, or heat.
    2. Any activity that produces increased foot and/or vehicular traffic, parking, sounds or noised, lighting, vibration, or anything that is uncommon to the established character of the surrounding area to such a degree so as to constitute a nuisance to the residence of the immediate area.
    3. Criminal or illegal activities of any kind.
    4. Retail sales of goods produced off-premises including short-term boutiques, or garage sales of personal used items held more than once every 6 months.

13.36.030 Required Conditions

A Home Occupation must meet all of the following conditions and requirements:

  1. The occupation is limited to persons who actually reside on the premises.
  2. The occupation shall not require interior or exterior alterations and shall retain the general character and appearance of a residential dwelling.
  3. The home occupation shall not include more than 400 sq. ft. or 25 percent; whichever is less, of the ground floor area of the home or a garage.  This does not apply to child day care.
  4. The occupation shall not block cars from using any space for vehicles in an attached or unattached garage.
  5. The occupation shall not include the storage on a sale from the premises of goods or commodities that are not produced on the premises. This does not apply to phone order or mail order sales with factory delivery direct to an off-premises buyer.
  6. The occupation must obtain a Home Occupation Permit or Conditional Use Permit and obtain an annual Business License.
  7. The occupation shall not be open to the public at times earlier than 8:00 a.m. nor later than 9:00 p.m. The hours of operation for child day care shall not begin any earlier than 6:00 a.m., nor later than 10 p.m. seven days a week.
  8. No more than one visiting client or merchandise oriented home occupation shall be permitted within any single dwelling.
  9. An occupation that attracts customers, clients, or students to the premises for sales of services shall not be allowed in multi-family dwelling units.
  10. Selling parties or boutiques shall be limited to 10 customers at any one time, and not more than one (1) party every three months.
  11. An occupation that attracts customers, clients ,or students to the premises shall provide adequate off-street parking as determined by the Planning Commission for conditional uses, or by the Building Inspector in the case of a permitted use.
  12. There shall be no storage or parking on the premises or on the streets in the vicinity of the premises of tractor trailers, semi-trucks, or other heavy equipment used in an off-premises business for which the dwelling is being used as a home occupation office except that not more than one truck of one-ton capacity or less may be parked on premise during off work hours at night.
  13. In order to mitigate the impact of a home occupation on the surrounding residential or agriculture area, the planning commission may impose reasonable conditions set forth in Chapter 13.23 for conditional uses.
  14. The occupation is to comply with performance standards and other applicable regulation set forth in Chapter 13.26.
  15. As a home occupation, child day care shall have no more than eight (8) children, which include the residents’ children under the age of six (6) years.