Chapter 21.94 — HOME OCCUPATIONS

Applications for home occupations are administered by the department of planning and community development.

(Ord. CS 9, 1983)

It is the intent of the following criteria to reduce the impact of the home occupation to the degree that its effects on the neighborhood are undetectable from normal and usual residential activity.

• A. Only occupants of the dwelling shall be engaged in home occupation on the subject property. In the event of a partnership or corporation, at least one of the members must be a resident of the subject property.

• B. Off-site employees or partners are permitted so long as they do not work or report for work at subject property.

• C. The use of the dwelling for the home occupation shall be clearly incidental and subordinate to its use for residence purposes. The home occupation may be conducted in the principal dwelling or accessory structures on the subject property provided that the area does not exceed twenty percent of the habitable floor area of the principal dwelling.

• D. There shall be no mechanical equipment or operation used which creates or makes noise, dust, odor, vibration or other effects detectable at the property line. Noise level at the property line shall not exceed sixty-five dBA.

• E. There shall be no display of products produced by the home occupation visible in any manner from the outside of the dwelling unit.

• F. The use shall not generate pedestrian or vehicular traffic beyond that which is normal in a residential district nor in any case require the parking of more than two additional vehicles at any one time.

• G. There shall be no storage of material or supplies out-of-doors.

• H. There shall be no change in the outside appearance of the building premises, or any visible evidence of the conduct of such home occupations other than one sign not to exceed two square feet. Visible evidence shall include, but not be limited to, any vehicles associated with the home occupation, except as allowed by Section 21.94.020(J)(2) and (J)(4).

• I. There shall be no advertising, including phone books, newspaper ads, etc., of the home occupation which depicts the address of location.

• J. The following specific home occupation uses shall be permitted subject to further limitations as follows:

  1. Beauty/barber shops limited to one operator only.

  2. Contractors and subcontractors offices are permitted as home occupations. However, the storage of materials, equipment or parking of a vehicle not normally associated with residential uses shall be prohibited.

  3. Furniture repair, restoration and reupholstery shall be limited to one occupant of the dwelling subject to approval of building inspection and fire marshal as applicable. There shall be no pick up or delivery at this location by the public.

  4. Trucking operations with on-site parking of no more than one tractor-trailer combinations, as defined and regulated by Chapter 21.89 .

• (Ord. CS 9, 1983; Ord. CS 350 §4, 1989; Ord. CS 1117 §§2, 3, 2012; Ord. CS 1401, 11/18/2025)

The following uses are expressly prohibited as home occupations:

• A. Repair or reconditioning of motorized vehicles or equipment, on site;

• B. Manufacturing, including cabinet shops and similar uses;

• C. Repair or reconditioning of major household appliances, including refrigerators, freezers, clothes washers and dryers, dishwashers, stoves, heating and air conditioning equipment, and lawn mowers;

• D. Repair or reconditioning of boats or recreation vehicles;

• E. Medical, dental and chiropractic clinics and offices.

• (Ord. CS 9, 1983)

Note: Former § 21.94.050, Definitions, adopted by Ord. CS 1117, was repealed by Ord. CS 1401, 11/18/2025.