§ 18.102.090
Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Noise
Noise levels associated with any home occupation activity shall not exceed the levels for residential neighborhoods as defined in the noise element of the general plan
Other
- Employee restriction
No employee shall work on the premises other than persons who reside on the property
- Home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. hours of operation
Hours of operation are unrestricted except that home occupations which generate sounds audible from off-site shall be limited to the hours of seven a.m. to ten p.m.
- Maximum customer visits per day8 visits
There shall be no more than eight customer visits per business day
- Maximum home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. area150 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
No more than one hundred fifty square feet shall be used in conduct of the home occupation
- Outdoor storage prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
There shall be no outdoor processing, storage, or repair of materials or equipment except as conditionally approved with a use permit
- Residential character requirement
The home occupation shall not change the exterior residential character of the dwelling and/or accessory buildings
No commodity shall be sold or rented or offered for sale or rental on the premises
- Use permit area increase
In 'R' zoning districts, up to seven hundred fifty square feet of area may be used in conduct of the home occupation. In other zoning districts where residences have been legally established, up to one thousand twenty square feet of area may be used in conduct of the home occupation, provided the total number of square feet of the home occupation area does not exceed more than fifty percent of the total number of square feet used for residential purposes in the building(s)
Signage
- Maximum home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. sign area3 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
One nonilluminated sign not larger than three square feet shall be allowed
From the ordinance
The home occupation shall take place entirely within an enclosed building... One nonilluminated sign not larger than three square feet shall be allowed... No more than one hundred fifty square feet shall be used in conduct of the home occupation...