Article III — Home Occupations

See Sections 17.70.031 and 17.70.032 for home occupation provisions.

• A. Home occupation permits may be processed as an administrative matter by the director and no hearing shall be required.

• B. For the purpose of this article, a home occupation shall be considered any conduct for pecuniary gain by an art or profession, the offering of a service or conduct of a business, or handicraft manufacture of products within or from a lawful residential use, which is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the structure for a dwelling purpose, and which does not change the character of the residential use. A home occupation may be permitted by issuance of a home occupation permit by the director and no business license shall be issued beforehand.

• A. A home occupation shall be clearly incidental to the use of a structure as a dwelling.

• B. A home occupation shall not be conducted in an accessory structure. There shall be no storage or display of equipment, supplies or products in an accessory structure or outside the dwelling.

• C. There shall be no sign of whatever nature identifying the home occupation.

• D. No person, other than a resident of the dwelling, shall be employed or subcontracted on the premises in the conduct of a home occupation.

• E. No commercial vehicles in excess of one (1) ton capacity shall be used to deliver materials to or remove materials from the premises.

• F. Not more than one (1) vehicle of not more than one (1) ton capacity used in connection with the home occupation shall be kept on the site. Any trailer, wheeled equipment or any vehicle displaying or advertising the home occupation shall not be visible from off the premises.

• G. The home occupation shall not involve the use of power equipment on the premises using motors exceeding one horsepower combined capacity.

• H. There shall be no external alteration of appearances of the dwelling in which the home occupation is conducted which would reflect the existence of said home occupation.

City of Dinuba Zoning Ordinance

September 2008 17.70-9

• I. No equipment or process shall be used which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odor or electrical interference detectable to the normal senses off the lot if the occupation is conducted in a single-family detached residence, or outside the dwelling unit if conducted in other than a single-family detached residence. No equipment or process shall be used which creates visual or audible electrical interference in any radio or television receiver off the premises, or causes fluctuations in line voltage off the premises.

• J. The home occupation shall not involve the storage or use of pesticides.

• K. The home occupation shall not require additional off-street parking space. Required covered or uncovered parking shall not be used for conducting home occupations.

• L. No home occupation shall be conducted between the hours of 11 p.m. and 8 a.m.

• M. Sales of goods on the premises shall be limited to the products of the home occupation, and no other merchandise or goods shall be sold, kept or displayed for the purpose of sale on the premises.

• N. The patronage of a home occupation shall not exceed eight patrons or customers for any calendar day.

• O. Additional requirements or conditions may be added as deemed necessary by the director.

A home occupation permit shall be revoked by the director upon violation of any condition or regulation, or any limitation of any permit issued, unless such violation is corrected within ten (10) days of notice of such violation. Any permit may be revoked for repeated violations.

In the event of denial or revocation, or objections to limitations placed thereon, an appeal may be made in writing to the planning commission.