§ 180-17
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- No change in outside appearance
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 nonilluminated sign.
- Employees restriction
No person other than members of the family residing on the premises shall be engaged in such occupation.
- Excluded uses
Boarding- and rooming houses, tourist homes, bed-and-breakfast homes and private educational institutions shall not be deemed home occupations.
- 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% of the floor area of the dwelling unit shall be used in the conduct of the home occupation.
- No noise, vibration, glare, fumes, dust or odors
No equipment or process shall be used in a home occupation which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, dust or odors detectable to normal senses outside the dwelling unit.
- Traffic generation limit
No traffic shall be generated by a home occupation in greater volume than would normally be expected in a residential neighborhood.
Parking
- Off-street parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. for home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there.
Any need for parking generated by the conduct of a home occupation shall be met by providing off-street parking in an area other than in a required front yard.
Signage
- Maximum sign area2 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
One nonilluminated sign. Maximum sign area: two square feet.
From the ordinance
A home occupation is a use conducted entirely within a dwelling unit clearly incidental and subordinate to its use for residential purposes by its occupants. Home occupations shall be confined to the principal structure, wherein not more than 25% of the floor area of the dwelling unit shall be used in the conduct of the home occupation.