18.13.080 Existing Uses

No existing use of land or structure shall be deemed to be a nonconforming use solely because of the lack of off-street parking facilities or off-street loading facilities prescribed in this chapter; provided, however, that facilities being used for off-street parking and off-street loading at the time of the adoption of the ordinance codified in this title shall not be reduced in capacity to less than the number of spaces or berths or reduced to less than the minimum standards prescribed in this chapter. Where an existing use is expanded, the parking requirements of this chapter shall apply only to the addition.

(Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

- - 18.13.090 Reduction Of Off Street Parking And Off Street Loading Facilities

No off-street parking or off-street loading facilities provided for a use of land or structure in compliance with this chapter shall be reduced in capacity or in area without sufficient additional capacity or additional area being provided to comply with the regulations of this chapter.

(Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

- - 18.13.100 Exceptions To Off Street Parking And Off Street Loading Requirements

None of the provisions of this title which require the provisions of off-street parking and off-street loading spaces in connection with the use of property for commercial or industrial purposes shall apply to any parcel of property which is located within any vehicle parking district hereafter formed and existing under the provisions of any parking district act approved by the city council, and where parking and

loading facilities provided by such district are determined by the city council to be adequate to serve the district.

(Ord 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

18.14 Home Occupations; Temporary Subdivision Signs And Sales Offices; Mobile Parks; Signs And Outdoor Advertising Structures; Manufactured And Second House Units 18.14.010 Home Occupations 18.14.020 Temporary Subdivision Signs And Sales Offices 18.14.030 Mobile Home Parks 18.14.050 Regulation Of Manufactured Housing Within Residential Districts 18.14.060 Second Dwelling Units 18.14.110 Purpose 18.14.120 Applicability And Severability 18.14.130 No Discrimination Against Noncommercial Speech 18.14.140 Exempt Signs 18.14.150 Prohibited Signs 18.14.160 Permits Required 18.14.170 Rules For Sign Measurement 18.14.180 Sign Regulations On Developed Sites By Zone District 18.14.190 Sign Regulations On Undeveloped Or Developing Sites 18.14.200 Offsite Temporary Signs For Residential Subdivisions 18.14.210 Flags And Flagpoles 18.14.220 Search Lights And Klieg Lights 18.14.230 Signs In Public Rights-Of-Way 18.14.240 Temporary Sign Standards 18.14.250 Size Of Signs On Windows - 18.14.260 Signs With Non Electronic Changeable Copy 18.14.270 Signs With Electronic Changeable Copy 18.14.280 Illumination Of Signs 18.14.290 Concealed Electrical Systems 18.14.300 Master Sign Program 18.14.310 Variances And Minor Deviations 18.14.320 Wall Mural Placement And Design Criteria 18.14.330 Nonconforming Signs 18.14.340 Maintenance Of Signs 18.14.350 Hazardous Signs 18.14.360 Abandoned Or Obsolete Signs 18.14.370 Illegal Signs 18.14.380 Other Signs And Advertising Structures 18.14.390 Enforcement 18.14.400 Definitions

18.14.010 Home Occupations

1. Procedure. Home occupations shall be permitted only in accordance with the regulations in Chapter 18.16 and this section.

2. Standards. Before approving an application for a home occupation in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18.16 and this section, the director of community development shall determine that the proposed home occupation will comply with the following standards:

   1. A home occupation within a dwelling unit shall be clearly incidental to the use of the structure as a dwelling.

   2. A home occupation shall not be conducted in any accessory structure, other than a garage, and there shall be no storage of equipment or supplies in any accessory structure, other than a garage or outside the dwelling.

   3. No one other than a resident of the dwelling shall be employed in the conduct of the home occupation.

   4. Sales of goods on the premises shall be limited to the products of the home occupation, and no merchandise or goods shall be sold, kept or displayed for the purposes of sale on the premises.

   5. Merchandise not produced on the premises may be kept and stored for purposes of sale at locations off the premises; provided, that such merchandise is limited to small articles such as jewelry, cosmetics and similar items of merchandise which can be carried by one person in a case. For purposes of this standard, contracting services such as plumbing, heating, air conditioning, electrical, carpentry and landscaping are not included within the meaning of the phrase "small articles."

t locations off the premises; provided, that such merchandise is limited to small articles such as jewelry, cosmetics and similar items of merchandise which can be carried by one person in a case. For purposes of this standard, contracting services such as plumbing, heating, air conditioning, electrical, carpentry and landscaping are not included within the meaning of the phrase "small articles."

6. A home occupation may involve the performance of business and professional services in which goods, wares and merchandise are not commercially created, sold or exchanged, but shall not include beauty salons, barber shops, medical offices, tattoo parlors, fortunetellers, palm readers or similar services.

7. A home occupation shall not involve the performance of any repair services on the premises other than the repair of small appliances and equipment or other small objects which normally are capable of being carried by one person without the aid of mechanical equipment or devices.

8. A home occupation shall not involve the use of any material or mechanical equipment not recognized as being part of normal household or hobby uses.

9. No motor power other than electrically operated motors shall be used in connection with a home occupation.

10. A home occupation shall not create any radio or television interference or noise audible beyond the walls of the dwelling.

11. There shall be no external alteration of the appearance of a dwelling in which a home occupation is conducted.

12. The existence of a home occupation shall not be apparent beyond the boundaries of the site except for one nonilluminated nameplate affixed to the dwelling not exceeding two square feet in area.

13. The number of customers of a home occupation who must travel to the site of the home occupation shall not exceed four persons per day.

14. Not more than one truck of not more than one ton capacity and no semitrailers incidental to a home occupation shall be kept on the site.

  15. A home occupation shall not be permitted until an application for administrative approval shall be made in the manner prescribed under Chapter 18.16. 

  16. The city council may also place other conditions deemed necessary to make the home occupation compatible with the neighborhood. 

     - Upon approval of a permit for a home occupation, the community development department shall attach the above standards to the notice of approval as conditions which must, in all cases, be met by the applicant, together with such additional conditions as may be prescribed under the administrative approval process of Chapter 18.16. 

3. Modification and Revocation. A permit for a home occupation may be modified in the same manner as originally applied for by the applicant. A permit for a home occupation may be revoked in the manner prescribed under Section 18.16.060.

• (Ord. 486 § 8, 1997; Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)