Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
No person other than a member of the family residing on the premises is employed on the premises in the conduct of the activity.
- Home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. signs prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
There are no signs that identify the home occupation use, and no displays or alterations to the exterior of the building that would distinguish it as being devoted to any non-dwelling use.
- Maximum home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. floor area25 pct
The home occupation is limited to the main building only and does not occupy more than 25 percent of the floor area of the main building or more than 500 square feet, whichever is less.
- Maximum home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. floor area500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The home occupation is limited to the main building only and does not occupy more than 25 percent of the floor area of the main building or more than 500 square feet, whichever is less.
From the ordinance
Home Occupation. An occupation, profession, enterprise or similar activity conducted within a dwelling unit which is the residence of the practitioner. In order to qualify as a home occupation, an activity as described herein must be clearly secondary to the principal dwelling use of the premises and must meet all of the following criteria, which are intended to distinguish such activity from other business uses and to ensure compatibility with nearby residential uses: a. No person other than a member of the family residing on the premises is employed on the premises in the conduct of the activity. b. The home occupation is limited to the main building only and does not occupy more than 25 percent of the floor area of the main building or more than 500 square feet, whichever is less. c. There are no signs that identify the home occupation use, and no displays or alterations to the exterior of the building that would distinguish it as being devoted to any non-dwelling use. d. There is no group instruction or assembly, no housing of persons for compensation, no repair of motor vehicles, and no product offered for sale on the premises. e. The type, volume and hours of traffic generated by the home occupation are not inconsistent with characteristics of traffic generated by other dwellings in the neighborhood. f. There is no equipment, process or activity conducted that generates any noise, vibration, odor, fumes, glare or electrical interference detectable to the normal senses beyond the premises.