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Manufactured Housing Communities Chapter 914 Specific Development Requirements <br /> <br /> Page 914-11 <br />914.140 Home Occupations <br />A. Purpose <br /> The purpose of this subdivision is to prevent competition with business districts and to <br />provide a means through the establishment of specific standards and procedures by which <br />home occupations can be conducted in residential neighborhoods without jeopardizing the <br />health, safety and general welfare of the surrounding neighborhood. In addition, this <br />subdivision is intended to provide a mechanism enabling the distinction between permitted <br />home occupations and special or customarily "more sensitive" home occupations. While <br />permitted home occupations may be allowed as a matter of right, special home occupations <br />shall require a permit in accordance with the terms of this subdivision. <br />B. Application <br /> Subject to the non-conforming use provision of this Section, all occupations conducted in <br />the home shall comply with the provisions of this subdivision. This subdivision shall not be <br />construed, however, to apply to home occupations accessory to farming. <br />C. Permitted Home Occupations <br /> Home occupations meeting the requirements of Sections 903.120.D.1 and 903.120.D.2, <br />below, of this Ordinance shall not require a permit. However, in the event a permitted home <br />occupation becomes a nuisance, the Council may require it to be licensed under the <br />provisions for special home occupations. <br />D. Requirements - General Provisions <br /> All home occupations shall comply with the following general provisions and according to <br />definition, the applicable requirement provisions. <br />1. General Provisions <br />a. No home occupation shall produce light glare, noise, odor or vibration that will in <br />any way have an objectionable effect upon adjacent or nearby property. <br />b. No equipment or machinery shall be used in the home occupation which will create <br />electrical interference to surrounding properties. <br />c. Any home occupation shall be clearly incidental and secondary to the residential <br />use of the premises, should not change the residential character thereof, and shall <br />result in no incompatibility or disturbance to the surrounding residential uses. <br />d. No home occupation shall require internal or external alterations or involve <br />construction features not customarily found in dwellings except where required to <br />comply with local and state fire and police recommendations. <br />e. There shall be no exterior storage of equipment or materials used in the home <br />occupation, except personal automobiles used in the home occupation may be <br />parked on the site. <br />f. The home occupation shall meet all applicable fire and building codes. <br />g. There shall be no exterior display or exterior signs or interior display or interior <br />signs which are visible from outside the dwelling. <br />h. All home occupations shall comply with the provisions of the City Nuisance <br />Ordinance. <br />i. No home occupation shall be conducted between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00