Home Occupation Checklist

HOME OCCUPATION CHECKLIST

If you can answer yes to the following questions, the Community Development Director may approve your conditional use permit.

Phone and Mail Type Businesses only
1. The business is conducted in the home as an office only
2. There are NO employees other than the applicant
3. There are NO customers coming to the home
4. There are NO vehicles, except resident’s personal transportation, equipment or merchandise stock on the property
5. NO accessory buildings are used for the business
6. There is NO external evidence of the home occupation including signs, external display of goods or external storage of materials or products.

If you answered YES TO ALL of the above, sign and submit all your home occupation forms. If you answered NO to any of the above, go to the next list.

Businesses that sell manufactured items at locations other than the residence
1. The business is conducted entirely within the home but does not necessarly involve an office type space but the business activity is clearly secondary and incidental to the residential use of the dwelling.
2. There are NO employees other than the applicant.
3. There are NO customers coming to the home
4. There are NO vehicles, except resident’s personal transportation, equipment or merchandise stock on the property
5. NO accessory buildings are used for the business
6. The business will not emit noise, odor, dust, fumes, smoke, electrical interference or other interference with the residential use of the adjacent properties.
7. There is NO external evidence of the home occupation including signs, external display of goods or external storage of materials or products

If you answered YES TO ALL of the above, sign and submit the home occupation forms. If you answered NO to any of the above questions, you will need to fill out a Development Review Application and meet with the staff to arrange a hearing before the Planning Commission.