Home occupations

[Ord. No. 08-31, 10-7-2009]

Home occupations may include, but are not necessarily limited to: professional office, such as that for an accountant, attorney, engineer or other such person licensed by law or certified by a recognized professional society; artist work studio; individual instruction or tutoring; tailoring; telephone sales work; personal service (not including hair salon) or similar activity in which goods, wares or merchandise are not commercially sold at retail. In addition, home occupations:

• (a) Shall be operated entirely within a principal dwelling unit or accessory building;
• (b) Shall be operated only by the person or persons residing within the dwelling unit, with not more than one employee or regular assistant not residing in the dwelling unit; and
• (c) Shall utilize not more than 20% of the GFA in the dwelling unit or not more than 300 square feet whichever is less;
• (d) Shall have no exterior evidence of the activity such as artificial lighting, advertisements, displays or the exterior storage of materials; and
• (e) Shall not create a nuisance to neighboring dwellings or result in a substantial increase in traffic.