A. Signs referring to the business are not permitted; however, signs containing the address of the home or name of the residents are permitted according to the requirements for signs within residential zones.

B. The home occupation may involve the use of commercial mail or freight careers for delivery of materials to or from the premises provided deliveries are no more frequent than twice a day.

C. One commercial vehicle owned by the residents may be used with the home occupation. The vehicle will be deemed in use for the home occupation if it contains advertising and/or any materials including stock, wares, goods, samples, or equipment carried in or on the vehicle. Such vehicle shall not exceed one ton and shall be stored in a garage if one exists. If there is no garage on the premises, the vehicle shall be concealed so as not to be visible from the street, sidewalk or alley when it is parked at the residence.

D. Customers, clients, or prospective customers or clients shall not be invited to the residence except by appointment only, for the purpose of obtaining service, tutoring, or training. The home occupation shall not involve the onsite presence of more than one customer or client at a time. Customers or clients shall not be permitted on the premises between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.

E. Noise, pedestrian or vehicular traffic, or other activity that constitutes a nuisance or disturbance of the peace of any person shall not be produced or made at the residence in connection with the home occupation.

F. Displays, models or samples shall not be exhibited on the premises.

G. The appearance of any structure shall not be altered or the conduct of the occupation within a structure be such that it may be recognized as serving a nonresidential use (either by color, materials or construction, lighting, signs, sounds or noises, vibrations, etc.)

H. Any stock, wares, goods, materials, samples, merchandise or equipment stored on the premises shall be entirely within a building and not visible from the street, sidewalk or alley, and shall not interfere with the residential use or endanger any person.

I. The home occupation shall be conducted only by the occupants of the residence. Employees, salespeople, or other help, including independent contractors, planners or joint ventures hired, engaged, or retained by the permittee, shall not perform any work at the premises or go to or upon the premises in conjunction with the home occupation.

J. There shall be no processing or manufacturing of goods, wares or merchandise on the premises unless the planning director finds that, in addition to meeting all other criteria applicable to the home occupation, the processing or manufacturing can and will be done in such a manner that no noise, sound, vibration, odor, fumes or light are emitted from the premises.

K. The home occupation shall be conducted entirely within an enclosed area of the residence or accessory structure, and shall not encroach into any required parking, setback, or open space areas. It shall not involve the use of more than four hundred square feet of the premises, not including a vehicle meeting the criteria of subsection C of this section.

L. Class I flammable liquids or liquefied flammable gases shall not be used or stored on the premises. Not more than the equivalent of seventy-five cubic feet of other flammable material shall be used or stored on the premises in relation to the home occupation.

M. The permittee for a home occupation shall obtain a business license from the city for the intended business.

N. The home occupation shall not be operated to cause a nuisance or interfere with the peace and quiet, and residential character of the neighborhood. (Ord. 3768 § 1, 1997)