10.05.060 Home occupations.

Home occupations established after the adoption of the ordinance codified in this section shall meet the following requirements:

(1) The occupation is incidental and accessory to the principal residential use of the residential structure dwelling unit;

(2) The area devoted to the home occupation occupies no more than twenty-five percent or more than five hundred square feet of gross floor area of the residential structure dwelling unit including all other buildings serving the home occupation;

(3) The occupation does not create traffic to and from the residential dwelling unit that is disruptive to the residential area where it is located;

(4) There is one off-street parking space in addition to the required parking for the residence dwelling unit;

(5) No nonresident person works within the dwelling unit;

(6) One sign advertising the business may be affixed to the dwelling unit with a surface area no greater than nine hundred square inches; and

(7) There is no display of merchandise outside of the dwelling unit. (Ord. 04-07 § 13, 2004).

(2) Applications for variances from the terms of the zoning ordinance, the official map ordinance or other land-use regulatory ordinances under procedures and conditions prescribed by city ordinance, which among other things shall provide that no application for a variance shall be granted unless the board of adjustment finds:

(a) The variance shall not constitute a grant of special privilege inconsistent with the limitation upon uses of other properties in the vicinity and zone in which the property on behalf of which the application was filed is located; and

(b) That such variance is necessary, because of special circumstances relating to the size, shape, topography, location, or surroundings of the subject property, to provide it with use rights and privileges permitted to other properties in the vicinity and in the zone in which the subject property is located; and

(c) That the granting of such variance will not be materially detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to the property or improvements in the vicinity and zone in which the subject property is situated.