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A. The following business uses and activities are not incidental to or compatible with residential activities, and are therefore prohibited as home occupations:

1. Automotive and other vehicle repair or service (body or mechanical), storage, painting or upholstery, or the repair, reconditioning, servicing, or manufacture of any internal combustion or diesel engines, or of any motor vehicle, including automobiles, trucks, ATVs, or boats, but excluding small engines such as lawnmowers;

2. Boutiques, sample sales, or craft shows;

3. Contractors’ storage yards;

4. Exercise or dance studios (not including one-on-one personal trainers);

5. Junk, dismantling, salvage or scrap yards;

6. Kennel or veterinary clinic;

7. Medical or health clinic;

8. Mortuary, crematorium, columbarium, or mausoleum;

9. Nursing home;

10. Restaurant;

11. Retail sales of products to the public (except for off-site sales (e.g., processing orders by mail, telephone or internet through a home office, where there is no stock-in-trade on the site));

12. Sexually oriented businesses or adult entertainment activities;

13. Welding, ironworks, or machine shop operations;

14. Any uses which employ machinery or equipment that emits sound (e.g., saws, drills, musical instruments) that is detectable beyond the property;

15. Any uses which require explosives or highly combustible or toxic materials, or uses which change the fire safety of the premises, or uses which employ the storage of flammable, explosive, chemical, or hazardous materials beyond those normally associated with a residential use;

16. Any uses which create electrical, magnetic, radio, or television interference, dust, fumes, gas, glare, excess light, noise, odor, smoke, toxic/hazardous materials, vibration, or other hazards or nuisances as determined by the City Manager;

17. Any other uses the City Manager determines to be similar to those listed above, or which substantially and unreasonably interfere with the use and enjoyment of adjacent or nearby property or interferes with public peace and comfort.

B. It shall be a violation of this chapter if an existing home occupation licensee commits or practices any of the prohibited uses outlined above in the course of the licensee’s home business activity. (Ord. 18-15, 2018)