Home occupations may be permitted in the City of Frankenmuth, but they are subject to certain conditions and standards. These are detailed below:
- No special space is designed for such operation, business, or professional service;
- No separate entrance from the exterior of the building is provided;
- No goods or services are sold which are not produced on the premises by the immediate members of the family residing therein;
- Such use is conducted entirely within the building by residents thereof and not in any accessory building;
- No home occupation use shall require internal or external alterations or involve construction features or the use of electrical or mechanical equipment that would change the fire rating of the structure;
- The home occupation use shall not create noise, dust, vibration, smell, smoke, glare, electrical interference, fire hazard, or any other hazard or nuisance to any greater or more frequent extent than normally occurs in a similarly zoned residential district;
- No home occupation use shall cause unreasonable increase in the use of any one (1) or more utilities (water, sewer, refuse, removal, etc.);
- Any sign(s) shall comply with requirements contained in this Chapter. In addition, such sign(s) shall be attached to the building wall, shall only contain the name and occupation of the residents of the premises, shall be non-illuminated, and shall not exceed two (2) square feet in area;
- The home occupation use may increase vehicular traffic flow and parking by no more than one (1) additional car at a time. No more than three (3) customers or clients shall come to the dwelling unit for services or products during any one (1) day;
- Deliveries to or from the premises by commercial suppliers shall not restrict traffic circulation and shall only be made between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M.; and
- If approved, a home occupation shall apply only to the owner(s) and/or occupant(s) listed on the permit request. Under no circumstances shall a home occupation permit be transferable should the property ownership and/or occupancy status change.
