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Rolling Hills Estates
City Zoning Code

Chapter 17.48

HOME OCCUPATIONS

17.48.010 - Criteria.

Home occupations shall be deemed a commercial use and prohibited in all residential zones except where all of the following criteria have been satisfied:

A.

No employment of help other than the members of the resident family;

B.

No use of material or mechanical equipment not recognized as being part of normal household uses;

C.

No sales of products or services not produced on the premises;

D.

The use shall not generate pedestrian or vehicular traffic beyond that normal to the district in which it is located;

E.

It shall not involve the use of commercial vehicles for delivery of materials to or from the premises;

F.

No storage of materials and/or supplies, indoor or outdoor, for purposes other than those permitted in the district;

G.

It shall not involve the use of signs other than those permitted in the district of which it is a part;

H.

Not more than one room in the dwelling shall be employed for the home occupation;

I.

No building or space outside of the main building shall be used for home occupational purposes;

J.

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.);

K.

There shall be no use of utilities or community facilities beyond that normal to the use of the property for residential purposes.

L.

The use is legal in one of the commercial zones.

(Ord. 635 § 1 (part), 2007; Prior code § 1895)