Uses
Permitted by right38
- dressmaker
- seamstress
- tailor
- tutor
- music teacher
- dancing teacher
- artist
- craftsperson
- sculptor
- author
- editor
- photographer
- office of minister
- caterer
- office of architect
- office of engineer
- office of surveyor
- office of accountant
- office of lawyer
- office of physician
- office of dentist
- office of computer programmer
- office of consultant
- office of bookkeeper
- answering service
- clerical business
- secretarial business
- appraiser
- sales representative
- manufacturer representative
- repair of musical instruments
- repair of watches
- repair of clocks
- repair of small household appliances
- office of contractor
- family day home
- one chair beauty shop
- one chair barber shop
Conditional / special use1
- any home occupation not listed as permitted and not prohibited
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- No home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. in accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building unless conditionalConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote.
No home occupation shall be conducted in any accessory building, except as may be authorized as a conditional use by the city council.
- Maximum floor area for home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there.25 pct
Not more than 25 percent of the floor area of the dwelling unit shall be used in the conduct of the home occupation.
- Maximum non-resident employees1 persons
No more than one person not residing in the dwelling shall be engaged in such occupation in the dwelling.
- No noise, hazard, vibration, glare, fumes, odors, or electrical interference
A home occupation, or any equipment or process used in such occupation, shall not create any noise, hazard, vibration, glare, fumes, odors, or electrical interference detectable to the normal senses off the lot.
- Traffic generation limit
No traffic shall be generated by such home occupation in greater volumes than would normally be expected in the neighborhood, and any need for parking generated by the conduct of such home occupation shall be met off the street and other than in a required front yard.
Signage
- Maximum sign area1 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
One sign, not exceeding one square foot in area, nonilluminated and mounted flat against the wall of the dwelling.
From the ordinance
No more than one person not residing in the dwelling shall be engaged in such occupation in the dwelling. The use of the dwelling unit for the home occupation shall be clearly incidental and subordinate to its use for residential purposes by its occupants, and not more than 25 percent of the floor area of the dwelling unit shall be used in the conduct of the home occupation.