Home Occupation Limited
212. Home Occupation Limited:
(A) A permit for a limited home occupation shall be granted to the owner/occupant of a residential dwelling unit under the following conditions:
a. The home occupation shall be operated entirely within a principle dwelling unit.
b. The home occupation shall be operated only by the person or persons residing within the dwelling unit and shall not emply anyone not a resident of the dwelling unit.
c. The home occupation shall utilize not more than twenty percent (20%) of the gross floor area in the dwelling unit or not more than two hundred (200) square feet of gross area, whichever is less.
d. The business carried on under the permit shall not include the manufacture, production, assembly, sale or servicing of any product or material in the dwelling unit.
e. All business carried on shall be of a nature that it may be transacted by voice, paper or electronic means.
f. No clients shall be serviced at the dwelling unit except to sign and receive documents or to make payments.
g. No bulk deliveries or distribution other than by the U. S. Postal service or a van type delivery service shall be made to or from the dwelling unit as part of the home occupation.
h. If the person requesting the limited home occupation permit is the occupant, but not the owner of the dwelling unit, the owner of the dwelling unit must execute an affidavit approving such use. If the dwelling unit is a condominium, the condominium association must also execute an affidavit approving such use.
i. That only one vehicle with advertising for the home occupation displayed on it shall be parked at the dwelling unit overnight.
j. The applicant shall sign a sworn affidavit attesting to the fact that the home occupation shall comply with the above requirements as part of the permit application.
(B) The Zoning Enforcement Officer shall, upon the filing of all necessary documents and payment of any fees by the applicant, issue a permit for the limited home occupation. Such permit shall be good for one year from the date of issue unless revoked sooner. Such permit shall be revoked by the Zoning Enforcement Officer if it can be shown that the holder of the permit has violated any of the conditions in Subsection A. 1 through 10 above. Thereafter, the holder of the revoked permit will have to apply to the Zoning Board of Review for a Special Use Permit for the home occupation under Article II Section 208 and Article V of this ordinance. C) In addition to the revoking of any permit issued under this section for non-compliance with the conditions of subsection A. 1 through 10 above, each act of non-compliance shall be considered a separate violation of this ordinance and shall be subject to Article IX Section 903 of this ordinance.