17.42.110 Home occupations.
A home occupation, as defined in Section 17.04.421, may be permitted as an accessory use to a permitted residential use in a residential zoning district provided the following standards are met:
A. A business license is secured from the city finance department.
B. The use is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes.
C. The business shall not require the installation of gas or electric power service in excess of normal dwelling requirements or place a load on garbage or sewer or community facilities beyond normal dwelling requirements.
D. The use does not change the character of dwelling or adversely affect the uses permitted in the residential district.
E. The use creates no significant additional vehicular or pedestrian traffic to the residence and requires no additional parking space or involves the repeated use of commercial vehicles for delivery of materials to or from the premises, beyond that normal to residential use.
F. No persons are employed in nor report to the home other than those necessary for domestic purposes.
G. Not more than twenty-five percent of the area of said dwelling is used for such use.
H. No internal or external alterations or construction features not customary in dwellings are involved.
I. No sign, which identifies or advertises the business, shall be displayed on the property.
J. There shall be no storage or display of materials or products used in the business that are visible from off of the property.
K. There shall be no external evidence of business activity, including odors, construction materials, smoke or other particulate matter, heat, humidity, glare, electronic interference, noises or vibrations.
L. The use cannot occupy required parking spaces, which include a two-car garage for a single-family home.
M. There shall be no process used in the home occupation which is hazardous to public health, safety or welfare. No toxic explosive, radioactive or other restrictive materials not normally used in a single-family dwelling shall be used or stored on the site.
N. The property owner must agree in writing to all proposed uses, if the applicant is a renter and not a property owner. (Ord. 2020-07 § 2, 2020; Ord. 2001-06 § 1, 2001)