§ 6.24. Home occupation, major.

A Major Home Occupation shall adhere to the following standards:

1.

Permit Required. A Zoning Compliance Permit shall be required in order to operate a major home occupation.

2.

Business as Accessory Use.

a.

The business shall be clearly incidental and subordinate to the residential use of the property.

b.

No more than 50% of the heated square footage of the home shall be used for business purposes. This calculation does not include accessory structures in the total square footage calculation for the home.

3.

Prohibitions.

a.

The on-premises sale and delivery of goods which are not produced on the premises is prohibited, except in the case of the delivery and sale of goods incidental to the provision of a service.

4.

Mitigation of Impacts. In order to minimize impacts in the form of noise, vibration, dust, odor, light, or glare on neighboring properties, a Major Home Occupation shall adhere to the following standards:

a.

General Operations. Major home occupations shall:

1.

Have no more than six non-resident employees

b.

Location of Business Activities. Major home occupations shall:

1.

Locate all business activities a minimum of 40 feet from all lot lines

2.

Locate all noise, dust, vibration, odor, light, and glare-producing activities, regardless of time of day, either:

a.

A minimum of 60 feet from all lot lines; or

b.

In a completely enclosed indoor area

3.

In the HR-L, HR-M, and HR-X zoning districts, Major home occupations shall be subject to the noise control standards in the Chapel Hill Town Code, as it may from time to time be amended.

c.

Screening and Buffering. Major home occupations shall screen any outdoor storage of materials, supplies, products, or machinery (excluding functional vehicles associated with the business) using a Type "C" buffer as described in the Town of Chapel Hill Public Works Engineering Design Manual or a fully opaque fence or wall of a minimum height of 6 feet;

d.

Vehicles and Traffic Generation. Major home occupations shall:

1.

Provide off-street parking for all business-associated vehicles, including business-owned, fleet, employee, and visitor vehicles;

2.

Have no more than three business-associated vehicles, including business-owned, fleet, employee, and visitor vehicles, parked in such a location as to be visible from a roadway or adjacent lot;

3.

Fully screen parking areas for any business-associated vehicles, including business-owned, fleet, employee, and visitor vehicles, beyond the three allowed in (2) above, using a Type "C" buffer as described in the Town of Chapel Hill Public Works Engineering Design Manual or a fully opaque fence or wall of a minimum height of 6 feet;

4.

Be limited to vehicles allowed under a Class C license; and

5.

Produce a maximum of 50 trips per day to or from the business.

e.

Hours of Operation. Major home occupations shall cease any activity that results in noise, vibration, dust, odor, light, or glare between the hours of 6 PM and 8 AM.

f.

Events. Events that are conducted in connection with the home occupation and that exceed the number of permitted daily trips, vehicles, or traffic generation are limited to one per year.

(Ord. No. 2019-05-22/O-2 , § 10)