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.) f:.; TUESDAY JULY 14, 1981 BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled this fourteenth day of July, 1981, that the definition of "Home Occupation" under Section II of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, be--and is hereby-- amended to read as follows: HOME OCCUPATION: An occupation conducted in a dwelling unit, provided that: 1. No person other than members of the family residing on the premises shall be engaged in such occupation. 2. The use of the dwelling unit for the home occupation shall be clearly incidental and subordinate to its use for residential purposes by its occupants; and not more than twenty-five (25%) percent of the first floor area of the dwelling unit or eight hundred (800) square feet, whichever is the lesser, shall be used in the conduct of the home occupation. 3. There shall be no exterior evidence that the property is used in any way other than for a dwelling, except one (1) sign, not exceeding two (2) square feet in area, non-illuminated, and mounted flat against the wall of the residence, may be permitted. 4. No home occupation shall be conducted in any accessory building. 5. No outside display of goods or outside storage of equipment or materials used in the home occupation shall be permitted. 6. Except for articles produced on the premises, no stock in trade shall be stored, displayed or sold on the premises. 7. No traffic shall be generated by such home occupation in greater volumes than would normally be expected in a residential neighborhood, such as would cause congestion by encroachment on adjoining properties or block safe access to adjoining properties. 8. Any need for parking generated by the conduct of such home occupation shall be met on the premises, off the street and other than in a required front yard. 9. The use of the dwelling unit for home occupation shall be compatible with the neighborhood. Incompatible uses are those uses which have characteristics such as, but not limited to, odor, dust, noise, vibration, glare, fumes, or electrical interference detectable to the normal senses off the lot and/or other qualities not compatible to the character of the neighborhood. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled this fourteenth day of July, 1981, that sub-paragraph 3 of Paragraph C.R9 of Section V (District Use Regulations) of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, be--and is hereby--amended to read as follows: 3. Day nurseries operated as an incidental home occupation, caring for not more than six (6) children, with an outdoor play area equivalent to at least one hundred (100) square feet per child and otherwise complying with requirements in the Home Occupation definition.