These regulations are provided so that certain incidental and accessory uses may be established in residential neighborhoods under conditions that will insure their compatibility with the neighborhood. They are intended to protect the rights of the residents to engage in certain home occupations that are harmonious with a residential environment.

Home occupations are permitted when conducted as an accessory use to a residential use in any zone that specifies home occupations as a permitted use; subject to the requirements of Article 23-6.

The establishment and conduct of home occupations shall comply with the following requirements:

a.

There shall be no exterior evidence of the conduct of a home occupation.

b.

A home occupation shall be conducted only within the enclosed living area of the dwelling unit. There shall be no use of garage space which interferes with the parking of vehicles necessary to satisfy the off-street parking requirements of this chapter.

c.

Electrical or mechanical equipment which creates visible or audible interference in radio or television receivers or causes fluctuations in line voltage outside the dwelling unit shall be prohibited.

d.

The home occupation shall not create any light, noise, odor, dust, vibration, fumes or smoke that is readily discernible at the lot boundaries.

e.

Only the residents of the dwelling unit may be engaged in the home occupation.

f.

The establishment and conduct of a home occupation shall not change the principal character or use of the dwelling unit involved.

g.

There shall be no signs other than those permitted by the zone regulations or sign provisions of this chapter.

h.

The required residential off-street parking shall be maintained.

i.

A home occupation shall not create greater vehicular or pedestrian traffic than normal for the zone in which it is located.

j.

There shall be no dispatching of persons, vehicles or equipment from the premises pursuant to the conduct of a home occupation.

(Ord. #95-424, § 1)