Ordinance
Amending the Provisions of the
West Hartford Code of Ordinances Concerning
SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS FOR HOME OCCUPATIONS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF WEST, HARTFORD that Section 177-2 ("home occupations") and Section 177-49C of the West Hartford Code of Ordinances is hereby amended as follows: Section 1. Section 177-2 of the West Hartford Code of Ordinances is hereby amended as follows:
HOME OCCUPATION - An accessory use conducted within a dwelling unit by the person who occupies the dwelling unit as his or her principal residence, which use is clearly secondary to the use of the dwelling unit for living purposes. As used herein the "dwelling unit" shall be defined as the same building and unit of occupancy in which the person conducting the business resides. A "home occupation" may not be conducted in an accessory building or a unit of; occupancy in a multi-family dwelling other than the unit in which the person conducting the "home occupation" resides. Home occupations shall comply with either the performance standards established in Sections 177-49C(1), as amended by Section 2 of this ordinance, or 177-49C(4) as amended by Section 2 of this ordinance.
Section 2. Subsection C. of Section 177-49 of the West Hartford Code of Ordinances is hereby amended as follows:
1) The Zoning Board of Appeals may in its discretion grant the following special exceptions, subject to making the required findings specified in Subsection C(2); below:
In any residence district, a home occupation when conducted in the dwelling unit by the person who occupies the dwelling unit as his or her principal residence. The special exception shall be granted to such person and shall not be considered as a right vested in the premises. The home occupation shall conform b the following performance standards:
(a) Not more than two (2) non-resident employers are permitted on the premises at one time. The Zoning Board of Appeals may in its discretion require as a condition of approval that only one non-resident employee is permitted at one time, if it finds, after heating, that the size or intensity of the proposed use with two employees will not meet the criteria in Section 177-49.C(2), as amended by Section 2 of this Ordinance. For purposes of this Section, the term employee shall mean any non-resident person involved in the home occupation in any way and shall include, but not be limited to, a secretary, receptionist, professional person and/or partner.
