Section 3-2201 A business where the primary activities take place at locations other than the home. The home may serve as the office where materials are stored, work is scheduled and billings are sent out. Businesses which would be classified as a home based business include landscaping contractors, plumbing contractors, building contractors, electrical contractors and similar trades and service type businesses.

1. A home based business may be permitted as a special use in the agricultural zoning
district subject to review and approval by the Planning Commission. Home based
businesses will only be allowed on the basis of individual merit. The permit shall
be reviewed for compliance with the original permit by the Zoning Administrator
on a periodic basis and upon transfer of the property.

2. Home based businesses shall be incidental and subordinate to the use of the premises for residential purposes and shall not detract from the residential character of the premises or neighborhood. There shall be no exterior evidence of such business other than a nameplate not exceeding ten (10) square feet in area.
3. A home based business may occupy an accessory building provided the floor area
contained within the accessory building does not exceed twenty four hundred (2,400) square feet.

4. The Planning Commission will set a maximum number of hours a Home based business can be open or it may exclude certain hours of operation that any business would not normally be in operation prior to approval ofthe Special Approval based upon factors including but not limited to: surrounding uses, expected noise levels, projected traffic levels.

5. The outdoor storage of vehicles, trailers, goods and/or materials of any kind is prohibited unless screened ( wood fence, greenbelt buffer, landscaped berm, etc.) from view from neighboring properties and road rights-of-way. The type of screening shall be approved by the Planning Commission.

6. Home based businesses shall not result in the creation of conditions that would constitute a nuisance to neighboring property owners or the Township as a whole.

7. Employee or other traffic for the pickup and delivery of goods or equipment shall not exceed that normally created by residential uses. Any machinery, mechanical devices or equipment employed in the conduct of home based business shall not generate noise, vibration, radiation, odor, glare, smoke, steam or other conditions not associated with the use of the premises for residential purposes.

8. Home based businesses shall be conducted only by the person or persons residing on the premises. The Planning Commission may allow between 1 and 10 nonresident employees. This number will be determined by the Planning Commission prior to approval of the Special Approval.

9. A "not to exceed" number of vehicles that may be parked on the property at any given time shall be established by the Planning Commission during the review and approval process.

10. The activity will be served adequately by essential public services or facilities.

11. The activity will not create additional public costs and will not be detrimental to the economic welfare of the Township.