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DRAFT 134-3. USeS
Accessory Uses
the property. regulations of regulations of 134-3.9.4-J and the
2. Home occupations that change the character supplemental regulations of 134-3.9.4-K.apply to
of the residential building they occupy or the combined home occupation uses.
that adversely affect the character of the l. Supplemental regulations for type 2 Home
surrounding neighborhood are prohibited. Occupations
Home occupations may not, for example, 1. Only uses approved in accordance with the
produce light, noise, vibration, odor, parking conditional use procedures of section 134-6.4
demand, or traffic impacts that are not typical of are allowed as type 2 home occupations.
a residential neighborhood. Home occupations
must be operated so as not to create or cause a 2. At least one individual engaged in the home
nuisance. occupation must reside in the dwelling unit in
3. Any tools or equipment used as part of a home which the home occupation is located as their
primary place of residence.
occupation must be operated in a manner or
sound-proofed so as not to be audible beyond 3. No more than 2 clients or customers may be
the lot lines of the subject property. present at any one time on the site of a type
4. External structural alterations or site 2 home occupation. Family members of the
client or customer are not counted towards the
improvements that change the residential 2-person limit.
character of the lot upon which a home
occupation is located are prohibited. Examples of 4. A maximum of 2 nonresident employees are
such prohibited alterations include construction allowed with a type 2 home occupation if no
of parking lots, the addition of commercial-like customers or clients come to the site at any time.
exterior lighting, the addition of a separate Home occupations that have clients, customers
building entrance that is visible from abutting or students coming to the site may not have
streets or the exterior display of an illuminated nonresident employees and vice-versa. For the
nameplate sign. purpose of this provision, the term “nonresident
5. No display of any material or merchandise is employee” includes an employee, contractor,
business partner, co-owner or any other person
allowed. affiliated with the home occupation, who does
6. The use or storage of hazardous substances is not live at the site, but who visits the site as part
prohibited, except at the “consumer commodity” of the home occupation.
level, as that term is defined in 49 C.F.R. Sec. 5. Type 2 home occupations and all related
171.8. activities, including storage (other than the
7. Outdoor storage is prohibited. lawful parking of passenger vehicles), must be
K. Supplemental regulations for type 1 Home conducted entirely within the principal residential
Occupations building or an allowed accessory building.
1. Only residents of the dwelling unit in which the M. regulations for type 3 Home Occupations
home occupation is located may be engaged 1. Type 3 home occupations that change the
in a type 1 home occupation. No nonresident character of the residential building they occupy
owners, employees or contractors may be or that adversely affect the character of the
present on the subject property. surrounding neighborhood are prohibited. Home
2. No clients, customers, patients, or students occupations may not, for example, produce
are allowed in conjunction with a type 1 home additional light, noise, vibration, or odor. Home
occupation. occupations must be operated so as not to
create or cause a nuisance.
3. Type 1 home occupations and all related
activities, including storage (other than the 2. Any tools or equipment used as part of a home
lawful parking of passenger vehicles), must be occupation must be operated in a manner or
conducted entirely within the principal residential sound-proofed so as not to be audible beyond
building or an allowed accessory building. the lot lines of the subject property.
4. More than one Type 1 home occupation is 3. External structural alterations or site
allowed as an accessory use, but the general improvements that change the residential
character of the lot upon which a home
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