§ 21.45.150. Home occupations.

An occupation may be conducted in a dwelling unit or in a building accessory to a dwelling unit provided that:

A.

Only one nonresident and the permanent residents of a dwelling unit may be engaged in a home occupation on the premises;

B.

The use of a dwelling unit for a home occupation shall be clearly incidental and subordinate to its residential use. This standard is met by and limited to one of the following:

1.

No more than the lesser of 25 percent or 500 square feet of the floor area of the dwelling is devoted to the home occupation; or

2.

Two hundred square feet of an accessory building is devoted to the home occupation;

C.

There shall be no change in the outside of the building or premises, nor shall there be other visible evidence of the conduct of such home occupation other than signs in accordance with AMC 21.47.040;

D.

Vehicles making deliveries shall not be parked on the site for a period exceeding one hour;

E.

Any storage of wholesale or retail stock in trade in conjunction with the home occupation shall not exceed ten percent of the area devoted to the home occupation, except on lots 40,000 square feet or larger in rural zoning districts as defined in AMC 21.85.020. On lots meeting this exception, storage of stock in trade may equal the area devoted to the home occupation, if the storage is screened from neighboring lots and separated from the neighboring lot line by at least the established district yard setback;

F.

No traffic or deliveries shall be generated by such home occupation in greater volume than would normally be expected in a residential neighborhood;

G.

No equipment or process shall be used in such home occupation which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, radiation, or odors detectable to the normal senses off the lot, if the occupation is conducted in a single-family residence or in an accessory structure. Particle accelerator systems, including cyclotrons, may not be used in a home occupation. No equipment or process shall be used which creates visual or audible interference in any radio or television receivers off the premises, or causes a fluctuation in line voltage off the premises; and

H.

The home occupation shall not be conducted between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.

(GAAB 21.05.060.S; AO No. 82-204; AO No. 2005-178, § 1, 1-24-06; AO No. 2005-150(S-1), § 10, 2-28-06)

Cross reference

Business licenses and regulations, tit. 10.