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6. Enables the fair and consistent enforcement of these home
occupation regulations.

7. Promotes and protects the public health, safety, and general welfare.

(b) Applicability.

1. This section applies to any occupation, profession, or business
activity customarily conducted entirely within a dwelling unit and
carried on by a member of the family residing in the dwelling unit,
and which occupation or profession is clearly incidental and
subordinate to the use of the dwelling unit for dwelling purposes and
does not change the character of the dwelling unit. A home
occupation is an accessory use to a dwelling unit.

2. No home occupation, except as otherwise provided in this section,
may be initiated, established, or maintained in the unit except in
conformance with the regulations and performance standards set
forth in this section. A home occupation shall be incidental and
secondary to the use of a dwelling unit for residential purposes.

(c) Exempt Home Occupations. The activities listed in subsections (1) through
(4), below, are not subject to this section, provided that all persons engaged
in such activities reside on the premises, and provided that there are no
nonresident employees working on the premises.

1. Artists, sculptors, and composers not selling their artistic product to
the public on the premises.

2. Craft work, such as jewelry-making and pottery, with no sales
permitted on the premises.

3. Home offices with no client visits to the home permitted.

4. Telephone answering and message services.

(d) Permitted Home Occupations.

1. The home occupations permitted in subsection (d)(2), below, are
allowed in a residential setting provided they do not compromise the
residential character of an area, do not generate conspicuous traffic,
do not visually call unusual attention to the home, and do not
generate noise of a nonresidential level.

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