Home Occupations Registration

202.6 Home Occupations

Home occupations must be clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for residential purposes and are subject to the following limitations:

• Home occupations must be registered with the Township.
• Home occupations shall be conducted solely by persons residing in the residence. No person not residing in the residence may be employed on-site in the home occupation.
• All activities associated with the home occupation, including storage, must be conducted solely within structures.
• There shall be no alteration to the exterior of the residential dwelling, accessory structure or yard that in any way alters the residential character of the premises.
• Without a Conditional Use Permit, no exterior sign, display or device, or sign, display or device visible from the exterior, advertising the occupation.
• The home occupation shall not produce any light, glare, noise or vibration perceptible beyond the boundaries of the property which is not customarily associated with residential use.
• The home occupation shall not involve the retail sale or rental of products on the premises.
• Unless completely enclosed within an approved structure, no vehicle used in the conduct of the home occupation shall be parked, stored or otherwise present at the premises, other than such as is customarily used for domestic or household purposes.
• No deliveries associated with the home occupation may be made in commercial vehicles over five-ton single axel capacity.
• Only on-site off-street parking facilities typically associated with the residence shall be used.
• The conduct of a home occupation or the use of substances that may be hazardous to or in any way jeopardize the health, safety or welfare of neighbors and neighboring property shall not be permitted.
• The home occupation must be operated in compliance with all other applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules, and ordinances.
• All other uses not conforming to these conditions and/or the definition of home occupation as defined by this ordinance requires a conditional use permit per Section 080.