Building on your lot in Duarte

Not more than one room or the equivalent of 20 percent of the floor area of the entire dwelling unit, whichever is greater, shall be employed for the home occupation, except for residential day care uses as that term is defined in Article 9 and allowed in compliance with Section 19.16.100.

A home occupation may not generate the number of visitors (e.g., pedestrian and/or vehicular traffic) beyond that considered normal within the surrounding residential neighborhood.

Visitation and deliveries incidental to the home occupation shall be limited to the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Friday and 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., on Saturdays and Sundays.

Only the permanent resident(s) of the subject dwelling shall be employed on the premises in the conduct of a home occupation.

The operator of the home occupation shall procure a City Business License issued in compliance with Municipal Code Section 5.04.020 (License Required).

The parking of recreational vehicles shall be restricted to the side and rear yards of a lot, unless the conditions in paragraph C, below, apply.

Recreational vehicle parking shall not be allowed in the R-3 or R-4 zones, unless stored within a fully enclosed structure approved for that purpose.

Recreational vehicle parked in garages or within warehouse space is permitted in any zone.

Recreational vehicles may be parked on the paved driveway and adjacent area in front of the primary building line, and only when the Director determines that the side and rear yards are either inaccessible or for other reasons, not adequate or available or suitable for recreational vehicle parking.

The parked recreational vehicle shall be screened from view from the street and adjoining properties by a fence or wall (as permitted in the side and/or rear yards), which is at least six feet high.

All recreational vehicles shall be parked on a paved or similar surface acceptable to the Director.

For the purposes of this Section, recreational vehicles shall mean motor homes not exceeding a maximum length of 40 feet and a maximum height of 12 feet, or any trailer (either with or without a vehicle thereon) of a maximum length of 30 feet.

The city manager or his authorized representative shall thereupon issue to the applicant a temporary loading or unloading permit which shall expire not more than forty-eight hours from the time of issuance, if the city manager is satisfied that there are no offstreet parking facilities reasonably available upon which to accomplish such loading or unloading.

No person shall keep or maintain, or suffer or permit to be kept or maintained, upon premises owned or controlled by him or it, in the city, a hive of bees.

No lot, premises, or residence may maintain more than a total combination of ten chickens and/or ducks.

They shall be kept a minimum of ten feet from the side and rear property lines.

They shall be kept a minimum of twenty-five feet from any building used for human habitation on the lot.

They shall be kept a minimum of fifty feet from any building used for human habitation on an adjacent lot.

Only a pot bellied pig that is under one hundred seventy-five pounds shall be allowed on a lot or premises.

it shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain more than a total combination of four dogs and/or cats on any lot or premises for any purpose, and of this total combination of four dogs and/or cats, there can be no more than three dogs over four months of age and no more than four cats over four months of age.