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Municode Page 1 of 3 <br />Sec. 117-351. - Home occupations. <br />Home occupations shall be allowed to exist in the residential zoning districts in accordance <br />with certain criteria established to protect the peace, quiet, and domestic tranquility in all residential <br />neighborhoods within the city, and in order to guarantee all residents freedom from excessive <br />noise, excessive traffic, nuisance, fire hazard and other possible effects of said home occupation <br />uses. It is the intent of this section that the property owner shall have a vested interest in the <br />business, as the city does not desire to create business incubators for lease within the residential <br />districts. Applications for a home occupation permit shall be processed administratively by the <br />zoning administrator; or when circumstances necessitate, in accordance with the processing <br />procedure established for conditional use permits in section 117-51. Home occupation permits may <br />be suspended or revoked pursuant to the procedure established in section 117-51. <br />(1) Requirements. All home occupations are required to operate under the following <br />parameters. <br />a. The owner of the home occupation shall occupy the dwelling unit on the site of <br />the home occupation. <br />b. Home occupation operations are restricted to the dwelling unit, attached or <br />detached garages or accessory buildings. If the owner of a home occupation is <br />conducting operations in a detached accessory building, said accessory <br />building must be located on the same parcel as the owners dwelling unit, or a <br />parcel immediately adjacent to the owner's dwelling, to which the owner also <br />has fee title. <br />c. The area set aside for the home occupation in the dwelling unit shall not <br />exceed 20 percent of the gross living area of the dwelling unit. <br />d. The area set aside for the home occupation in attached or detached accessory <br />buildings or garages shall not exceed total accessory building space or height <br />allowed on the site of the home occupation, as established in section 117-349 <br />e. A minimum of 400 square feet of garage or accessory building space shall be <br />maintained as a primary residential garage for indoor parking of vehicles and <br />equipment. <br />f. There shall not be any exterior evidence of the existence of said home <br />occupation such as displays, exterior storage of home occupation equipment, <br />materials, supplies, inventory or merchandise, unless it is in accordance with <br />section 117-355 <br />9. No interior or exterior business signs or displays shall be permitted unless <br />otherwise permitted in article II, division 8 of this chapter or article II, division 3 <br />of this chapter. <br />h. The home occupation shall not generate excessive vehicular traffic (customers, <br />employees, deliveries, etc.) in the residential neighborhood. Excessive <br />vehicular traffic for purposes of this section is defined as two vehicle trips per <br />hour per standard eight hour business day or 16 vehicle trips within a 24-hour <br />period. An increase at a rate of 25 percent is permitted if the subject property <br />has access from a county, state, or MSA street. The total traffic trips permitted <br />includes employees, customers, and deliveries. <br />http://library.municode.com/print.aspx?h=&clientlD=14286&HTMRequest=http%3a%2f... 1/30/2014 <br />