Fort Walton Beach Ordinance — 1057 — reading text

j r:--- City of Fort Walton Beach i1to4t~~) 1 yV @~ 1057 AN ORDINANCE AHENDING CHAPTER 1260. GEl'lliRAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS. OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH. BY AMEl'IDING SECTION 1260. 05. DEFINITIONS. SUBSECTION ( 21). HOME OCCUPATION; CREATING CHAPTER 1291. HOME OCCUPATIONS STANDARDS; AND PROVIDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. NOW. THEREFORE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH. FLORIDA; SECTION 1. That Section 1260. 05. Subsection ( 21). of the Codified Ordinance of the City of Fort Walton Beach. Florida is hereby amended as follows: 1260. 05 Definitions Home Occupations. 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A home occupation is more particularly defined by the conditions and limitations of Chapter 1291. Home Occupation Standards. SECTION II. That Chapter 1291. Home Occupation Standards of the Codified Ordinance of the City of Fort Walton Beach. Florida is hereby created as follows: Chapter 1291 Home Occupation Standards 1291. 01 General Restrictions. Home occupations shall be permitted as an accessory use in all residential districts and shall be clearly incidental to the residential use of the dwelling and shall not change the essential residential character of the dwelling adversely or affect permitted the uses is in the district of which it a part. home Nooccupation shall be permitted which might interfere with the general welfare of the surrounding residential area due to potential noise. increased pedestrian or vehicular traffic or any other conditions which would constitute an objectional use of residentially zoned property. LITHO BY VITRO PRI!: SS r--;. 1291. 02 Standards. The standards for borne occupations are intended to ensure cOlnpatibility with other permit ted uses and , vi th the residential character of the neighborhood. Home occupations are permitted in all residential distr:icts provided the following criteria are met upon revie\ J by the Planning and Zoning Division: 1. No person other than a member of the family residing on the premises shall be engaged in such occupations on the prewises. 2. The use of the dHelling unit for the home occupation shall be clearly incidental and subordinate to its use for residential purposes by its occupants. and not more than twenty- five ( 25) percent of the liveable floor area of the d", eIling unit shall be used in tile conduct of the hOlne occupation. 3. Th~;re shall be no change 1n the outside appearance of the building or premises. or other visible evidence of the conduct of such home occupation. including outside storage or signs pertaining to the hOlile occupation. except that an unlighted nameplate not more than one square foot in area may be attached to the front waLl of the dwelling unit. 4. No home occupation shall be conducted in any accessory building. S. No hich is of quantity equipment shall be permit ted except that ,,"' and configuration normally used for purely domestic purposes. 6. The use shall not generate n01se. vibration. glare. fumes. odors. or electrical interference beyond what normally occurs in the applicable zoning district. 7. No marked vehicles of any kind associated ", ith the home occupation shall be kept on the premises or parked on the street in a residential district unless so stipulated by the Doard of Adjustment subj ect to the limitation that all such home occupation : celated vehicles must bE; of passenger type or recreation- van type and shall not be larger than a stock three- quarter ( 3/ 4) ton panel or pick- up truck. 8. No person shall be allowed to conduct more than one home occupation. and no occupation permit shall be issued to any home person to conduct a home occupation in a dvJelling unit for ,'Jhich a current home occupation permit lS outstanding. 9. l\ home occupation shall be required to have a City occupationaL license. 10. No provisi.on for off- street parking or loading facilities. other than the requirements of the residential district : Ln 1IJhich the use is located shall be permit ted; no part of a t' C= qu:Lred yard shall be used for such off- street parking or loading purposes; and no additional driveways to serve such home occupation shall be permitted. 1291. 03 Permitted Home Occupations. The fol10,'Jing exai: lples are considered legal home occupations provided that all of the standards in 1291.02 and the procedures in