2005-053 ORD PROVIDING ORDINANCE NO 1710 BE AMENDED BY REVISING SECTION 8-201(16) OF SAID ORDINANCE TO AMEND DEFINITION OF "HOME OCCUPATION"

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Section 3. That a new Section 8-500, entitled "Home Occupations," of Ordinance No. 1710, Zoning Ordinance of the City of Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, added so that such shall read as follows: "8-500 HOME OCCUPATIONS 8-501. A home occupation, as defined in Section 8-201(16), may be conducted in single-family residential zoning districts (A, SF-I, SF2, SF-3) with a permit granted under this Section when such use is clearly subordinate or incidental to the principal use of the premises for dwelling purposes. (a) Home occupations which are conducted as limited by Section 8-502 below and which have the general character of the following uses are permitted: (I) Artist, photographer, sculptor. (2) Author, composer, editor, translator, writer. (3) Contractor or service business, provided that all requirements of this section are met as well as the following additional requirements: A. Not more than one (I) commercial vehicle shall be parked on the property. B. No contracting equipment or materials shall be stored on the premises, except in a commercial vehicle used for transporting said equipment and materials between jobs, and no loading or unloading shall be done on or in the vicinity of the premises. (4) Dressmaker, seamstress, and tailor. (5) Home crafts such as lapidary work, macrame, model making, and weaving. (6) Office of an ordained minister of religion. (7) Office of an accountant, architect, bookkeeper, broker, clerical service, computer programmer, consultant, dentist, counselor, engineer, instructor in the arts and crafts, insurance agent, land surveyor, landscape architect, lawyer, musician, physician, real estate broker, or telephone service. (8) Office of a salesman, sales representative, or manufacturer's representative.