Chapter 20.156 - Home Occupations
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Noise
- Noise and impact standard
No equipment or process used shall create noise, vibration, glare, fumes, dust, odors, smoke, electrical interference or other impacts in excess of those customarily generated by single-family residential uses in the neighborhood.
Other
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for one employee40,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
one (1) employee shall be permitted when the property on which the home occupation is located is a minimum of forty thousand (40,000) square feet.
- Equipment restriction
No mechanical or electrical equipment shall be employed other than machinery or equipment typical of the type or specifications used in a hobby or a vocation customarily conducted within the confines of the dwelling unit.
- Heavy commercial vehicles prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Heavy commercial vehicles shall not be used in the home occupation for delivery of materials to or from the premises.
- Maximum customers per day10 count
Not more than ten (10) customers or clients shall come to the premises during any one (1) day, restricted to the hours 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Maximum delivery vehicles per day3 count
Not more than three (3) delivery vehicles shall access the premises each day.
- Maximum home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. area640 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The total area used for the home occupation shall not exceed six hundred forty (640) square feet.
Signage
- Maximum home occupationHome occupationA business run from a dwelling, permitted so long as it stays subordinate to living there. sign area2 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
one (1) nonilluminated sign not exceeding two (2) square feet.
From the ordinance
A use permit is not required to conduct a home occupation; however, such use shall be subject to all conditions of this Division generally, such as off-street parking, and all other permits required under County Code, such as building permits and business licenses.