§ 153.007 (Definitions - Home Occupation)
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- 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 prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
No home occupation shall be conducted in any accessory building
- Maximum non-family employees1 persons
Only one person other than members of the family residing on the premises shall be engaged in such occupation
- Maximum floor area used 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% of the floor area of the dwelling unit shall be used in the conduct of the home occupation
- Noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors, electrical interference prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
No equipment or process shall be used in such home occupation which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors or electrical interference detectable to the normal senses off the lot, if the occupation is conducted in a single-family dwelling, or outside the dwelling unit if conducted in other than a single-family dwelling
There shall be no sales in connection with such home occupation
- Traffic generation limitation
No traffic shall be generated by such home occupation in greater volumes than would normally be expected in a residential 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 home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. 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, non-illuminated and mounted flat against the wall of the principal building
From the ordinance
An occupation conducted in a dwelling unit, provided that: (1) Only one person other than members of the family residing on the premises shall be engaged in such occupation; (2) 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% of the floor area of the dwelling unit shall be used in the conduct of the home occupation; (3) There shall be no change in the outside appearance of the building or premises, or other visible evidence of the conduct of such home occupation other than one sign, not exceeding one square foot in area, non-illuminated and mounted flat against the wall of the principal building; (4) No home occupation shall be conducted in any accessory building; (5) There shall be no sales in connection with such home occupation; (6) No traffic shall be generated by such home occupation in greater volumes than would normally be expected in a residential 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; and (7) No equipment or process shall be used in such home occupation which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors or electrical interference detectable to the normal senses off the lot, if the occupation is conducted in a single-family dwelling, or outside the dwelling unit if conducted in other than a single-family dwelling.