Chapter 25.90 HOME OCCUPATIONS
Section 25.90.030 Use limitations.
In addition to all of the use limitations applicable to the zone in which it is located, no home occupation
shall be permitted unless it complies with the following restrictions:
1. Not more than one person who is not a resident on the premises shall be employed.
2. No more than twenty-five percent of four hundred square feet of the floor
area of the dwelling unit,
whichever is less, shall be devoted to the home occupation subject to compliance with the minimum housing
code.
3. No alteration of the principal residential building shall be made which changes
the character and
appearance thereof as a dwelling.
4. No stock of goods shall be displayed or sold on the premises in excess of
thirty cubic feet in volume.
5. The home occupation shall be conducted entirely within the principal dwelling
unit or in a permitted
building accessory thereto, and in no event shall such use be apparent from any public way.
6. There shall be no outdoor storage of equipment or materials used in the home
occupation.
7. Not more than one vehicle used in connection with a home occupation shall
be visible from the public
right-of-way, and shall not be intended as an advertising display. Any additional vehicles used in connection
with a home occupation shall be stored in an enclosed garage during periods of nonuse. Vehicles with
a
vehicle-mounted sign as defined in Chapter 4.36.020 (V-1) shall not be parked visibly from the public
right-of-way for longer than 72 hours.
8. No mechanical, electrical or other equipment which produces noise, electrical
or magnetic
interference, vibration, heat, glare or other nuisance outside the residential or accessory structure
shall be
used.
9. No home occupation shall be permitted which is noxious, offensive or hazardous
by reason of
vehicular traffic, generation or emission of noise, vibration, smoke, dust or other particulate matter,
odorous
matter, heat, humidity, glare, refuse, radiation, or other objectionable emission.
10. No sign, other than one unlighted sign not over one square foot in area
attached flat against the
dwelling and displaying only the occupant's name and occupation, shall advertise the presence or conduct
of
the home occupation.
11. There shall be no off-premises signs or radio, television, newspaper, handbill
or similar types of
advertising linking the premises with the home occupation.
(Ord. 2009-0173; S-30424, 1976)