Chapter 18.64
HOME OCCUPATIONS
Sections:
18.64.030 Home occupation standards.
18.64.040 Prohibited home occupations.
18.64.010 Purpose and intent.
The provisions within this chapter are intended to reduce the impact of the home occupation to the degree that its effects on the neighborhood are undetectable from normal and usual residential activity. (Ord. 738 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2013).
18.64.020 Applicability.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply when an application for a home occupation permit is made with the planning director according to Section 18.16.060. (Ord. 738 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2013).
18.64.030 Home occupation standards.
The following are standards that shall be adhered to for the issuance of a home occupation use permit:
A. A home occupation must be conducted entirely within a dwelling by a person or persons residing in the dwelling as a purely secondary and incidental use of such dwelling to its primary residential use.
B. Off-site employees or partners are permitted so long as they do not work or report for work at the subject property.
C. The residential appearance of the premises shall not be altered through remodeling or new construction so as to give the appearance of other than normal residential premises or to call attention to the premises.
D. There shall be no mechanical equipment or operation used which creates or makes noise, dust, odor, vibration, or other effects detectable at the property line.
E. There shall be no display of products produced by the home occupation visible in any manner from the outside of the dwelling unit. There shall be no sale of commodities upon the premises.
F. The use shall not generate pedestrian or vehicular traffic other than trips by the one allowed business vehicle per subsection H of this section and bimonthly business deliveries by a carrier normally associated with residential deliveries. Business customers are not allowed on site unless otherwise excepted by this chapter.
G. There shall be no storage of materials or supplies out-of-doors.
H. No more than one business vehicle shall be parked or used in connection with the business on or near the premises. All deliveries to and from the premises by the applicant shall be only by the one allowed business vehicle. “Business vehicle” means a car, pickup, or van (three-fourths ton maximum size) used for home business purposes and driven by a person residing on the premises.
I. There shall be no advertising of the home occupation which uses the street address of the premises, and no on-site signs advertising the business.
J. Not more than one room or ten percent of the floor area of the main building, whichever is greater, shall be used for the home occupation. If a garage is used in connection with a home occupation, such use must not interfere with its primary use as vehicular storage.
K. There shall be no raising of animals for commercial purposes.
L. Other conditions deemed necessary by the planning director.
M. The following specific home occupation uses may be permitted subject to further limitations as follows:
1. Contractors’ and subcontractors’ offices are permitted as home occupations. The storage of materials, equipment, or more than one commercial vehicle not normally associated with residential uses shall be prohibited.
2. Swimming lessons, music lessons, and other similar instructions, when given to no more than three students at one time.
3. Dressmakers, limited to residents of the dwelling. (Ord. 738 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2013).
18.64.040 Prohibited home occupations.
The following uses are expressly prohibited as home occupations:
A. Repair or reconditioning of motorized vehicles or equipment on site.
B. Manufacturing, including cabinet shops and similar uses.
C. Repair or reconditioning of major household appliances.
D. Repair or reconditioning of boats or recreational vehicles.
E. Medical, dental and chiropractic clinics and offices and counseling services.
F. Furniture repair, restoration, and upholstery.
G. Beauty/barber shops, including nail and skin care salons.
H. Real estate offices.
I. Weapons and ammunition sales and service.
J. Welding shops.
K. Animal clinics and pet grooming shops.
L. Massage establishments. (Ord. 738 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2013).