Cactus Village Community

HOME OFFICE

Jul 20, 2003

A. Purpose
Residential districts are established in recognition of a need to provide areas of the City devoted primarily to living functions. In order to preserve these areas from the distractions and adverse impacts which can result from immediate association with non-residential uses, these districts are restricted to residential and appropriate accessory uses. These regulations are designed to promote the creation and maintenance of areas in which individuals or families may pursue residential activities with reasonable access to open space, and streets or roads, in a setting which is not negatively impacted by adjacent uses.

608.C.9. Home occupations are subject to the following:
a. No one outside the family residing in the dwelling unit shall be employed in the home occupation.
b. No exterior display, no exterior storage of materials, no sign, and no other exterior indication of the home occupation or variation from the residential character of the principal or accessory building, except a authorized in paragraph ?“h?” below.
c. No home occupation shall emit odor, dust, gas, noise, vibration, smoke, heat, or glare beyond any boundary of the lot on which the home occupation is conducted.
d. Activity shall be limited to the hours between 7 a.m. and 10p.m.
e. No mechanical equipment shall be used except that normally used for domestic, hobby, standard office, or household purposes.
f Not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the total area under roof on the site shall be used for any home occupation.
g. Any parking incidental to the home occupation shall be provided on the site.
h. Home occupations shall obtain a use permit from the Zoning Administrator in accordance with Section 307 of this ordinance when:
(1) Traffic (other than trips by occupants of the household) is generated by the home occupation, or
(2) The home occupation is conducted in an accessory building, or
(3) The home occupation is conducted as an outside use, or
(4) Minor variations to Section 608.C.9.c. above are required to conduct the home occupation, or
(5) An applicant desires an official approval of a home occupation.
i. A home occupation shall not include, but such exclusion shall not be limited to the following uses.
(1) Barber shops and beauty parlors
(2) Commercial stables, veterinary offices
(3) Dog grooming
(4) Massage parlors
(5) Real estate offices
(6) Restaurants
(7) Veterinary hospitals and commercial kennels.

The above is an excerpt from the City of Phoenix Zoning Ordinance Section 608: Residence Districts. . . ☻