Fayette License ordinance (§ 605.480)

A. Home occupations shall conform to the following standards:

1. Applications Generally.

a. Application For License. To obtain a home business and/or trade license, an individual will pay the prescribed fee of one dollar ($1.00), and obtain a form from the City Clerk providing necessary information for review and approval by the Board of Aldermen for said license.

b. Application For Renewal. On or before June 30 of each year, an individual holding a home business and/or trade license shall submit to the City Clerk such information that may be deemed necessary for license renewal.

c. Exhibition Of License. Any person operating under a home business and/or trade license shall exhibit his/her license to any City Official or his/her deputy or assistant upon demand.

2. The use may occupy not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the total floor area of all buildings and in no event shall exceed more than five hundred (500) square feet of work area.

3. No offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odors, heat or glare shall be produced.

4. There shall be no exterior display, no exterior sign, except as permitted herein, no exterior storage of materials, or storage of hazardous materials and no other exterior indication of the home business and/or trade of variation from the residential character of the principal building.

5. One (1) sign shall be permitted which shall be an unanimated, non-illuminated, flat or window sign having an area of not more than one hundred forty-four (144) square inches attached flat to the building.

6. Normal business hours shall be permitted between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M.

7. No machinery or equipment shall be installed which interferes with radio or television reception and which is not normally used in the practice of such occupation trade or business; but in no case shall any machine exceed three and five-tenths (3.5) rated horsepower.

8. No home business and/or trade shall generate excessive traffic, parking, and/or trash.

9. The water line up to the meter of a home business and/or trade shall not exceed three-fourths (3/4) of an inch, and the sewer tap away from the dwelling shall not exceed four (4) inches.