Agenda - Planning Commission - 02/01/2018

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i. The home occupation shall not generate excessive vehicular traffic (customers, employees, deliveries, etc.) in the residential neighborhood. Excessive vehicular traffic for purposes of this section is defined as in excess of any combination of eight round-trip customer/client visits and/or deliveries per standard eight hour day and no more than one on the premises at any given time. For the purposes of this section, one customer/client visit shall be considered to include any number of persons arriving in a single vehicle. One round-trip visit per eligible employee shall also be allowed and is not counted toward the customer/client visits. An increase at a rate of 25 percent is permitted if the subject property has access from a county, state, or MSA street. The home occupation does not serve as headquarters or as a dispatch center where employees come to the site and are then dispatched to other locations. k. The receipt or shipment of deliveries shall be limited to those made by the USPS and/or an express shipping service that is characteristic of service to a residential neighborhood. I. The home occupation shall not constitute a fire hazard to neighboring residences, or a nuisance to neighbors because of excessive traffic, light glare, noise, odors, vibration or other circumstances, as determined by the fire marshal or zoning administrator. m. The home occupation shall not include operations relating to internal combustion engines, body shops, ammunition manufacturing, motor vehicle repairs or sale, or any other objectionable uses as determined by the zoning administrator. n. The home occupation shall not change the fire rating of a structure nor require exterior alterations or modifications that change the residential character or appearance of the dwelling unit or accessory building to a commercial nature. (2) Administrative home occupation permit required. Home occupations that include one or more of the following practices or operational methods shall require a home occupation permit that is subject to the review and approval of the zoning administrator. a. The home occupation employs persons, which includes but is not limited to co -owners, partners, and employees), that do not live in the dwelling unit on the property but conduct work on the property. 1. The owner of a home occupation on a parcel less than three acres in size may employ a maximum of one person that does not reside in the dwelling unit on the property but does conduct work on the property. The owner of a home occupation on a parcel three acres or greater in size may employ a maximum of three persons that do not reside in the dwelling unit on the property but do conduct work on the property. 2. Off-street parking for the dwelling unit occupants and any nonresident employees is provided in accordance with section 117-355. b. The home occupation involves operating methods that include transactions with the public (customers, clients, consultants, subcontractors, etc.) on the site of the home occupation. The number of persons permitted on the site at any given time shall be limited so as not to create a parking demand in excess of that which can be accommodated on driveway on the site of the home occupation. c. Retail sales are conducted on the site. Retail sales at the site shall be limited to products that are ancillary to the home occupation and shall be displayed or stored indoors. Conditional use. Home occupations that propose to operate beyond the scope of the parameters in subsection (1) and/or (2) of this section shall be processed in accordance with the procedures established for conditional use permits in section 117-51, with the exception of recording the home occupation permit should it be approved by city council. (4) Nuisance prevention. In order to guarantee that a home occupation, once authorized, will not become a nuisance to the neighbors or otherwise violate these guidelines, the city staff or city j. (3)