HOME OCCUPATION PERMIT APPLICAION

Charter Township of Union

1. Give your Name and address of where Home Occupation is to be conducted. Also give a mailing address if you are not receiving mail there yet.

2. What is the zoning of the property? _________________

3. List the Residents of your home who will be associated with the conduct of the home occupation _________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Do all the above live at the residence? _________ (If the answer is “No” the permit may not be granted.)

5. Do you intend to hire employees to work at the location? ___________________
(This would not apply to services provided to your occupation that are conducted off the premises)

6. Briefly describe the nature of the operation (Such as Beauty Shop, Accounting office, legal office, etc.) ______________________________________________

7. What hours do you plan to conduct the operation? _________________________

8. Are any products to be sold at the home? ____________ (Answer “no” for sales by demonstration, catalogs, multi-level, etc if products are sold off premises)

9. List any mechanical operations (such as sawing, welding, etc.)______________________________________________________________

10. Provide a sketch (you may do this yourself) showing the floor plan of the home or accessory building, indicating areas that are for the public and areas that are not. You need to show the square footage of the entire building, and the square footage of the areas being used for the occupation.

11. Provide a sketch of your land, the home, and indicate what is on the lots around you. Provide dimensions of your lot, setbacks from the lot lines and roads. Also indicate any storage areas, parking, and natural features, such as shrubs, that would screen your home from the neighbors.

Office use:

Fee paid ? _________

Date to be reviewed___________________

Date of mailing to residents_____________

EXCERPTS FROM UNION TOWNSHIP ZONING ORDINACE 1991-05 PERTAINING TO HOME OCCUPATIONS

8.19 HOME OCCUPATIONS (A-F Added, 1997-12 Ordinance)

A. Home occupations may be permitted in AG, R-1, R-2A, and R-2B Districts, provided the following conditions are met and a permit is first obtained from the Zoning Official, and approved by the Planning Commission. Property owners within 300’ shall be notified by mail of the Planning Commission meeting which will rule on the request. A fee for the permit shall be charged upon approval per section 6.

1. The entire occupation is conducted wholly within a principal or accessory structure by the residents thereof.

2. There is not involved the keeping of a stock in trade and no article is sold or offered for sale, or rent, at the residence except as such as may be produced by and sold by the residents of the home. Sale of goods off the premises by means such as in home demonstration or mail order may be permitted. Display of items for sale on the property outside of the home is prohibited.

3. Home occupations shall not be carried on to an extent so as to require parking on or off the premises in excess of that allowed for the residential structure in which it is located.

4. The dwelling or residence complies with all the zoned district requirements in which it is located.

5. Home occupations shall not utilize more than forty (40) percent of the floor living area of one(1) story of the dwelling, or 100 percent of an accessory building and 10 percent of the living area of one (1) story.

6. No mechanical or electrical equipment and/or process or practice that will create a nuisance or health hazard to the adjacent landowners and neighborhood is permitted.

7. Home occupation activities shall be physically screened from the public view as required by the Zoning Official or Planning Commission.

8. Provide a plan of use indicating:

a. Who in your residence will be participating in the operation.

b. What is the nature of the operation and any materials required.

c. Set hours of operation (which must be harmonious to the neighborhood).

d. Parking provisions.

e. Storage requirements if any.

f. A sketch of your home and/or accessory buildings (floor plan).

g. A sketch of your property and the lots on all four (4) sides.

B. See 3.36.

C. No provision of this section shall allow non-conformity of the ordinance as a whole. (See section 11 for sign permits)

This permit shall be probational for a period of one (1) year, and shall be renewed every three (3) years thereafter.

D. This permit is not transferable as to location nor owner.

E. Failure to comply to any item shall be grounds to revoke the home occupation permit. The holder of this permit shall be responsible to carry adequate insurance and apply for any other licenses, permits or fees as may be required by any other local, state or federal agency.

f. Any expansion of the home occupation shall require a new permit.

3.36 HOME OCCUPATION (Addition, 1997-12 Ordinance)

Any primary or subordinate occupation conducted within a principal or accessory structure by the family residents thereof that is clearly secondary and incidental to the use of the dwelling for living purposes and does not change the character thereof.