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lowing the procedures specified for plan Zoning Board of Appeals may grant a reviews in Subsection 174-24.B. The deci- Special Permit if it reasonably concludes sion of the Building Inspector may be from the evidence that the proposed home appealed to the Zoning Board of Appeals occupation will meet the standards set out within 30 days of the notification if the in Section 174-24.C. and this section. The applicant is aggrieved. Board may impose, if warranted by the evi- (3) There shall be no outdoor storage of mate- deuce, additional conditions as may be rials or equipment except that outdoor stor- deemed necessary to protect the legitimate use and enjoyment of neighboring proper- age of materials for water-dependent uses ties, including a limit on the time said per- such as lobster pots and shellfish trays may mit may remain in force or provisions for be allowed, provided that they are properly automatic rescission under certain circum- screened through fencing or landscaping so stances. that they are not visible from off the I' premises. (3) In addition to the general criteria listed C Conditional Home Occupations under Subsection D., the following stan- dards shall apply to conditional home occu- (1) Certain home occupations which involve pations: visits to the property by persons who are (a) Not more than two(2)people who are not residents of the premises, which not members of the household may be involve employees who are not residents of employed on the premises in connec- the premises and which otherwise conform tion with the home occupation. with the requirements of this section may be conducted upon approval of a special (b) Not more than two (2) additional permit following the procedures specified parking spaces other than those for approval of special permits by the required for the residence and two (2) Zoning Board of Appeals in Subsection spaces for employees shall be 174-24.C. The following shall be consid- allowed. Parking shall be screened ered examples of such conditional home using natural plantings or fencing so occupations: as to be non-offensive to abutting lots. (a) Home professional offices for engi- Any need for parking generated by such use shall be met on the same lot neers, planners, architects, consul- tants, lawyers, accountants, physi- containing the home occupation and i cians, other licensed medical practi- may not be located within twenty-five tioners, realtors, insurance agents and (25) feet of the front property line or members of similar professions; within five (5) feet of any side or rear property line. (b) Barber shops and beauty parlors, lim- ited (c) Any outdoor storage of materials shall to one chair; be properly screened through fencing (c) Small repair shops such as watch and or landscaping so it is not visible from clock repair, small appliance repairs off the premises. and similar uses; D. General Criteria. All permitted or conditional (d) Private livery services with no more home occupations must meet the following crite- r than one (1) vehicle and land-based ria: facilities associated with water- (1) Any home occupation shall not utilize an I dependent uses such as water-tour area greater than 600 square feet. The area craft and charter fishing boats carry- devoted to home occupations may be allo- cated between the principal building and an uses; accessory building, but in no case shall the (e) Incidental work and storage in con- total floor area of the home occupation 1 nection with the off-premises busi- exceed 600 square feet. 7 ness of a builder, carpenter, painter, (2) No dwelling shall be built, altered, fur- plumber, electrician, mason or other nished,or decorated for the purpose of con- artisan, tree surgeon, landscape con- ducting the home occupation in such a i tractor or similar occupation. manner as to change the residential charac- 1 i. t (2) Application procedures. Applicants must ter and appearance of the dwelling, or in submit an application to the Zoning Board such a manner as to cause the structure to ;I of Appeals for a Special Permit under the be recognized as a place where a home I! provisions of Section 174-24.C. The occupation is conducted. New accessory r: I' 71