Except as may be otherwise prohibited in this article, home occupations are permitted, subject to the requirements and limitations set forth in this article.
The following requirements shall apply to home occupations:
A. 
Must be accessory to the dwelling unit and subordinate to the dwelling unit. The use of the dwelling unit for the home occupation shall be clearly incidental and subordinate to its use for residential purposes by its occupants.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
B. 
Maximum portion of dwelling unit that may be used. Not more than 30% of the habitable floor area of the dwelling unit shall be used in the conduct of the home occupation.
C. 
Outside appearance. Dwelling units that contain a home occupation shall retain the appearance of a residence. There shall be no change in the outside appearance of the building or property, or other visible evidence of the conduct of such home occupation. The public display of goods visible from the street or abutting properties and any visible advertising on the premises shall be prohibited, except for a single sign, not larger than two square feet, which may identify the name of the business and shall be no higher than six feet from entrance level and attached to the building on the front facade. This sign is permitted for the purpose of facilitating the identification of the home occupation for visitors and deliveries.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
D. 
Sales to the public prohibited. There shall be no sale to the general public of goods displayed on the premises.
E. 
Truck parking. No more than one truck of the size permitted in Article 27 and used in the home occupation shall be permitted to be parked on the premises unless such additional vehicle or vehicles are parked inside a garage.
F. 
Storage. Except for the parking of motor vehicles as permitted in this section, outdoor storage related to a home occupation shall be governed by the provisions of Articles 25 and 26.
G. 
Equipment and process limitation. No equipment or process shall be used in any home occupation which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors, or electrical interference detectable to the normal senses at the property line if the occupation is conducted in a single-family detached dwelling, or outside the dwelling unit if the occupation is conducted in a two-family or duplex dwelling. No equipment or process shall be used in any home occupation which causes electrical, visual or audible interference in any radio or television receiver located off the premises or causes fluctuations in line voltage off the premises.
H. 
Nuisance. There shall be no noise, dust, smoke, fumes, odor, glare, flashes, vibrations, shock waves, heat, electronic or atomic radiation, objectionable effluent, unusual risks of fire, explosion or activity otherwise prohibited by law or this chapter in connection with such home occupation.
The following shall not be deemed to be home occupations and are prohibited in all residential zones and in all dwelling units located in nonresidential zones:
A. 
Any medical, nursing, convalescent, or treatment facilities, including but not limited to:
(1) 
Operation of clinics, hospitals, alcohol rehabilitation facilities and outpatient dispensaries;
(2) 
The services of a doctor, dentist, veterinarian, psychiatrist, psychologist or other health services any of which involve patient or client visitation to the premises;
(3) 
The providing of nursing or convalescent care;
(4) 
The furnishing of narcotic, drug or alcohol abuse treatment; and
(5) 
The performing of abortions.
B. 
Embalming, undertaking, funeral parlors or funeral homes;
C. 
Barber shops, beauty parlors, massage parlors, tanning salons, tattoo parlors, the provision of pedicures, manicures, electrolysis or any similar personal services;
D. 
Pet care/grooming, kennels, animal hospitals or animal recuperation or rehabilitation services, or any similar services for animals;
E. 
The furnishing of home care services for more than five children at any one time in a dwelling unit for a monetary consideration;
F. 
Music or dancing schools other than for individual instruction of one pupil at a time, with no more than two pupils waiting;
G. 
The dispensing of food for consumption on the premises;
H. 
Tea rooms, or tourist homes, or bed-and-breakfasts;
I. 
The operation of a taxi service, or the operation of a limousine service having more than two limousines parked on the premises;
J. 
The operation of a business which results in the storage or maintenance of construction equipment such as, but not limited to, backhoes, dump trucks, flatbed trucks, equipment trailers, tractors, compressors, cement mixers and similar equipment on the residential premises;
K. 
The storage, maintenance, repair or sale of motor powered equipment such as, but not limited to, automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, motor bikes or lawn mowers, provided, however, that such activities if otherwise lawful may be conducted by residents of the property in connection with motorized equipment owned by such residents for their own personal use;
L. 
The assembly or storage of motor vehicles for shipment;
M. 
Sales at retail to the public;
N. 
Public warehouse; and
O. 
Psychic or other paranormal services.