HOME OCCUPATIONS--SECTION 6-1.22(H)(26) -------------------- (go to main index)

(26) Home occupation. Every person engaged in operating a home occupation shall pay an annual license tax in the amount of Fifty and no/100ths ($50.00) Dollars. A statement of intent shall be filed with the License and Collections Department for a home occupation business license. The statement shall set forth the type of business activity proposed as well as the manner and hours of operation. A business license may then be issued provided the following conditions are met:

• (a) The business shall be restricted to only one room in the dwelling and all materials, equipment, or facilities shall be kept therein. Patio or outside storage shall not be permitted.
• (b) No garage shall be used in connection with such business, except for the parking of a residence or business vehicle. In the event a third or two and one-half garage is constructed, the business may be transferred to that new addition.
• (c) The home occupation shall be authorized only one business car, pickup, truck, or van. Street parking shall not be authorized for any business vehicle.
• (d) Only persons residing on the premises may be employed.
• (e) There shall be no display of merchandise, projects, operations, signs, or nameplates of any kind visible from outside the dwelling.
• (f) The appearance of the dwelling shall not be altered in any manner which would indicate that a business is being conducted at the dwelling.
• (g) The home occupation shall not generate pedestrian or vehicular traffic beyond that which is normal to the particular neighborhood.
• (h) The home occupation shall not involve the use of commercial vehicles for the delivery of material to or from the premises.
• (i) Any marked commercial vehicle used in conjunction with the occupation shall have no more than two (2) square feet of advertising and shall not be parked within the front yard setback of the premises.
• (j) The home occupation shall not create noise, odor, dust, vibration, fumes, or smoke readily discernible at the boundaries of the parcel on which the home occupation is situated. Furthermore, the occupation shall not create any disturbance which adversely affects electrical appliances located on adjacent properties by means of static electricity or radiation.
• (k) Home occupations involving vehicle or boat repairs, wood or metal construction, biological farming or biological agents and research shall not be permitted.
• (l) All provisions of the Uniform Fire Code and all noise provisions of this Code shall be complied with. Any violation of the conditions set forth in this subsection or other conditions set forth in this Code for the approval of a home occupation shall be the basis for the revocation of the home occupation business license. Upon the notification of a violation, such home occupation shall cease immediately. In the event the City finds that such home occupation continues after notice to cease, legal steps shall be taken against the applicants.
• (m) The applicant shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the City that the home occupation is not prohibited by any applicable lease or rental agreement, or in the case of a condominium project or common interest development, any applicable covenants, conditions and restrictions.