A.

A home occupation use shall only be conducted in compliance with this chapter.

B.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the following uses shall not be permitted as home occupations: auto repair, minor or major; barber shop; beauty salon; carpentry work; chiropractic offices; dance instruction; dental office; massage establishment; medical office; painting of vehicles, trailers, or boats; photo studios; private schools with organized classes; radio repair; television repair; upholstering; and uses similar to the above.

(Ord. 08-11 § 1 (part))

Home occupations shall comply with all applicable federal, state, county and town laws.

(Ord. 08-11 § 1 (part))

A.

Home occupations are permitted in R-43 residential zoning districts, R-3 single-family dwelling districts, R-2 two-family dwelling districts, and R-1 multiple-family dwelling districts and shall comply with the following requirements:

B.

A home occupation shall not change the character of the dwelling unit or adversely affect the uses permitted in the residential district in which it is located.

C.

A home occupation shall be conducted solely by resident occupants of the dwelling.

D.

No more than one room or twenty-five (25) percent of the gross area of one floor of the dwelling unit in which the home occupation is conducted, whichever is less, shall be used for the home occupation. Use of accessory buildings or garages for these purposes is prohibited.

E.

No home occupation shall require internal or external alterations or involve construction features or the use of electrical or mechanical equipment that would change the fire rating of the dwelling unit or the fire district in which the dwelling unit is located.

F.

No home occupation shall cause an increase in the use of any one or more utilities such that the combined total use for the dwelling unit in which the home occupation is located exceeds the average use for any one or more utilities for dwelling units in the dwelling district.

G.

There shall be no outside storage of any kind related to the home occupation.

H.

The home occupation may not increase vehicular traffic flow and parking by more than one additional vehicle at a time.

I.

There shall be no signs, buildings or structures other than those permitted in the dwelling district in which the home occupation is located.

J.

No home occupation shall create noise, dust, vibration, smell, smoke, glare, electrical interference, fire hazard, or any other hazard or nuisance to any greater or more frequent extent than that usually experienced in the dwelling district in which the home occupation is located under normal circumstances where no home occupation exists.

(Ord. 08-11 § 1 (part))