19.14.490 Home occupations – Permit required when – Restrictions and requirements – Revocation when – Appeals.
In any R zone, a customary home occupation may be permitted subject to a home occupation permit granted by the Development Services Director which is merely incidental and secondary to residence use. Each such permit shall be accompanied by the required filing fee(s). The following are typical home occupations: fine arts, handicrafts, dressmaking, millinery, laundering, preserving, home cooking, route salesman; or office of a doctor, dentist, lawyer, architect, engineer, teacher or member of another recognized profession. The home occupation shall not:
A. Involve the use of power equipment using motors of more than a total of one horsepower capacity or the equivalent thereof, unless a use permit therefor shall have been issued by the Planning Commission;
B. Generate vehicular traffic in excess of that associated with a residential use;
C. Create a nuisance by reason of noise, dust, odor, vibration, fumes, smoke, electrical interference, or other causes;
D. Permit any external display of products, merchandise, or any sign to identify the home occupation.
A home occupation permit shall be revoked by the Director of Development Services upon violation of any requirement of this chapter, or of any condition or limitation of any permit issued, unless such violation is corrected within 15 days of notice of such violation, and any such permit may be revoked for repeated violation of the requirements of this section or of the conditions of such permit.
In the event of denial of any permit, or the revocation thereof, or of objection to the limitations placed thereon, an interested party may then appeal the determination within 10 business days to the Planning Commission by filing a written statement with the Development Services Department, stating the reasons for appeal. Once a valid application for appeal has been filed, the Development Services Department shall take no longer than 30 calendar days to set the matter for public hearing in front of the Planning Commission. The meeting date shall also be no more than 60 calendar days from the application’s filing date.
Upon the hearing of such appeal, the Planning Commission may, by resolution, affirm, reverse or modify, in whole or in part, any determination of the Director of Development Services. The resolution must contain a finding of facts showing wherein the project meets or fails to meet the requirements of this chapter and the provisions of the design review manual. The decision of the Planning Commission shall be final. (Ord. 3544 § 12, 2023; Ord. 3153 § 2 (Exh. A), 2010; Ord. 2506 § 1, 1992; Ord. 2011 § 1, 1982; Ord. 1212 § 1, 1969; prior code § 33.1314).