Doylestown Borough home occupations (Use 60) must be incidental to residential use. One additional parking space required, suggesting limited customer traffic is anticipated. Excessive traffic may trigger conditional use review or zoning enforcement.
Doylestown Borough's Customary Home Occupation (Use 60) designation requires the business to be clearly incidental and secondary to the residential use. The requirement for only one additional off-street parking space (§505) implies that customer traffic should be minimal and not disrupt the residential character of the neighborhood. Home occupations generating excessive customer traffic, deliveries, or employee visits may exceed the scope of what is permitted by right and could require conditional use approval from Borough Council or be deemed a non-conforming use. The Planning Commission reviews conditional use applications and considers impacts on neighboring properties including traffic, noise, and parking.
Excessive commercial traffic in residential zone: zoning violation, possible revocation of home occupation approval.
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