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Residents of a dwelling unit may conduct one or more home occupations as accessory activities, provided:

(1) The total area devoted to all home occupation(s) shall not exceed 20 percent of the floor area of the dwelling unit. Areas with attached garages and storage buildings shall not be considered part of the dwelling unit for purposes of calculating allowable home occupation area but may be used for storage of goods associated with the home occupation;

(2) In urban residential zones, all the activities of the home occupation(s) shall be conducted indoors, except for those related to growing or storing of plants used by the home occupation(s);

(3) One full-time or full-equivalent nonresident may be employed and work in the dwelling unit where the home occupation is located. A home occupation may have additional nonresident employees if the employees work off-site and do not visit the premises except as otherwise allowed in this section;

(4) The home occupation shall not be used as a headquarters or meeting location for the assembly of employees or subcontractors, including staging or dispatch of employees or subcontractors to other locations, except that meetings with off-site employees of the home occupation may occur up to four times in a calendar year;

(5) The following activities, as a home occupation, shall be prohibited in urban residential zones only:

(a) Repair of automobiles, trucks, watercraft, recreation vehicles, other motor vehicles, heavy equipment, and devices with internal combustion engines;

(b) Body work or painting of automobiles, trucks, watercraft, recreation vehicles, other motor vehicles, heavy equipment, and devices with internal combustion engines;

(c) Parking and storage of automobiles, trucks, watercraft, recreation vehicles, heavy equipment, and devices with internal combustion engines; and

(d) Storage of building materials for use on other properties;

(6) In addition to required parking for the dwelling unit, on-site parking shall be provided as follows:

(a) One stall for a nonresident employed by the home occupation(s); and

(b) One stall for patrons when services are rendered on-site;

(7) Sales shall be limited to:

(a) Mail order sales; and

(b) Telephone sales with off-site delivery;

(8) Services to patrons shall be arranged by appointment or provided off-site;

(9) The home occupation(s) may use or store a vehicle for pickup of materials used by the home occupation(s) or the distribution of products from the site, provided:

(a) No more than one such vehicle shall be allowed;

(b) Such vehicle shall not park within any required setback areas of the lot or on adjacent streets; and

(c) Such vehicle shall not exceed a weight capacity of one ton;

(10) The home occupation(s) shall not use electrical or mechanical equipment that results in:

(a) A change to the occupancy type of the structure(s) used for the home occupation(s);

(b) Visual or audible interference in radio or television receivers, or electronic equipment located off-premises; or

(c) Fluctuations in line voltage off-premises.

(11) Home occupations shall be permitted to continue as a legal nonconforming use so long as the use continues to comply with the criteria that were in effect at the time of original approval and so long as the business complies with local and state regulations, including renewal of a required business license as set forth in Chapter 5.10 CMC.

(12) A home occupation shall not be transferable to any other person, nor shall a home occupation be valid at any address other than the one appearing on the issued permit.

(13) Uses not allowed as home occupations may be allowed as a home industry pursuant to CMC 18.80.110. (Ord. 15-09 § 1 (Exh. 1); Ord. 42-02 § 2 (21A.30.080))