SEC. 204.1. ACCESSORY USES FOR DWELLINGS IN ALL DISTRICTS.

(See Interpretations related to this Section.)

No use shall be permitted as an accessory use to a dwelling unit in any District that involves or requires any of the following:

• (a) Any construction features or alterations not residential in character;

(b) The use of more than one-third of the total floor area of the dwelling unit, except in the case of accessory off-street parking and loading or Neighborhood Agriculture as defined by Section 102;

(c) The employment of more than two people who do not reside in the dwelling unit, excluding a domestic worker, gardener, or janitor;

(d) Residential occupancy by persons other than those specified in the definition of family in this Code;

(e) In RH-1(D), RH-1, and RH-1(S) Districts, the provision of any room for a roomer or boarder with access other than from within the dwelling unit;

(f) Addition of a building manager's unit, unless such unit meets all the normal requirements of this Code for dwelling units;

(g) The maintenance of a stock in trade other than garden produce related to Neighborhood Agriculture as defined by Section 102, or materials and products related to a Cottage Food Operation; or

(h) The use of show windows or window displays or advertising to attract customers or clients;

(i) The conduct of a business office open to the public other than for sales related to garden produce of Neighborhood Agriculture as defined by Section 102, or the finished products of a Cottage Food Operation; or

(j) A Medical Cannabis Dispensary as defined in Section 102; or

(k) A Massage Establishment as defined in Section 102, or either a Sole Practitioner or Sole Practitioner Massage Establishment as defined in Section 29.5 of the Health Code (a Health Service Use).

Provided, however, that Subsection (i) of this Section shall not exclude the maintenance within a Dwelling Unit of the office of a professional person who resides therein, if accessible only from within the dwelling unit; and provided, further, that Subsection (h) shall not exclude the display of signs permitted by Article 6 of this Code.

(Amended by Ord. 443-78, App. 10/6/78; Ord. 69-87, App. 3/13/87; Ord. 66-11, File No. 101537, App. 4/20/2011, Eff. 5/20/2011; Ord. 140-11, File No. 110482, App. 7/5/2011, Eff. 8/4/2011; Ord. 288-13 , File No. 130998, App. 12/26/2013, Eff. 1/25/2014; Ord. 22-15, File No. 141253, App. 2/20/2015, Eff. 3/22/2015; Ord. 248-23, File No. 230446, App. 12/14/2023, Eff. 1/14/2024; Ord. 13-26, File No. 251099, App. 2/13/2026, Eff. 3/16/2026)

AMENDMENT HISTORY

Divisions (b), (g), and [former] (h) amended; Ord. 66-11 , Eff. 5/20/2011. [Former] division (i) added; Ord. 140-11, Eff. 8/4/2011. Section header, undesignated introductory paragraph, and divisions (b), (c), and (g) amended; new division (h) added; former division (h) redesignated as (i) and amended; former division (i) redesignated as (j); undesignated concluding paragraph amended; Ord. 288-13 , Eff. 1/25/2014. Divisions (b), (c), (g), (i), and (j) amended; Ord. 22-15, Eff. 3/22/2015. Division (c) amended; Ord. 248-23, Eff. 1/14/2024. Divisions (i) and (j) amended; division (k) added; Ord. 1326, Eff. 3/16/2026.