Essex County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Section 36.419

Extracted standards

11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

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  • Business license and permit

    The operator of a home occupation use shall secure a County business license and obtain a home occupation use permit

  • Full-time resident

    The principal person conducting the home occupation accessory use shall be a full-time resident of the dwelling

  • Maximum area ratio0.5 of one floor

    The area devoted to the home occupation shall not exceed more than the equivalent of one-half of one floor of the dwelling unit

  • Maximum customers at a time2 customers

    No more than two customers may be on the property at any one time

  • Maximum vehicle weight10,000 lbs

    The vehicles shall not exceed 10,000 pounds or have more than two axles

  • Maximum vehicles2 vehicles

    No more than two vehicles associated with the home occupation shall be parked on the premises

  • No exterior storage

    Exterior storage of equipment, including open trailers and other business-related equipment, materials, or merchandise is prohibited

  • No increase in public services

    The home occupation shall not increase the demand on public water, public sewer, or garbage collection services

  • No noise, vibration, heat, glare, dust, odor or smoke

    The equipment used by the home business and the operation of the business shall not create any noise, vibration, heat, glare, dust, odor or smoke discernible at the property lines

  • Within dwelling or enclosed building

    Use shall be conducted as an accessory use and shall not change the character of the dwelling unit; the use shall be conducted within the dwelling or an enclosed building

Signage

From the ordinance

The principal person conducting the home occupation accessory use shall be a full-time resident of the dwelling.
Section 36.419