Do I need a Home Occupation License?

Yes.

• Home Occupations are licensed annually by the Zoning Administrator. 
• The annual fee for a home occupation is $25.00
• The total area of the home occupation cannot exceed 25% of the floor area of the building
• It can only use household equipment
• Signs for the business can’t exceed 2 square feet.
• Materials used or produced by the home occupation can’t be stored outside.
• If the Home Occupation use requires a Conditional Use Permit, that must be approved by the Plan Commission and there is a $150.00 fee for the Conditional Use Permit.
• Permitted Home occupations include:
  • Dressmaking, sewing, tailoring, and millinery;
  • Laundering, clothing rental;
  • Painting, sculpturing, or writing;
  • Telephone answering
  • Model making, rug weaving, lapidary work, ceramics;
  • Tutoring, limited to four students at one time;
  • Sharpening of saws, scissors, knives, and skates;
  • Computer programming
  • Professional offices for ministers, lawyers, authors, and musicians
• Prohibited Home Occupations include:
  • Barbershops and beauty parlors
  • Dance studios
  • Photographic studios
  • Mortuaries
  • Nursery schools
  • Restaurants
  • Kennels or stables
  • Automobile repair and paint shops
  • Small engine repairs
  • Welding shops and blacksmith shops
  • The assembly of mass production of items for resale.