SLCRO §1003.020.59 limits home businesses in unincorporated St. Louis County to family members residing on the premises, no exterior signage, no stock-in-trade sold on premises, no nonresidential mechanical equipment, and no customers except one tutoring/music student at a time.
The zoning ordinance also allows: up to 2 roomers/boarders, supervision of up to 4 non-resident children, and up to 8 tutoring/music students per day (one at a time). Specifically prohibited home occupations: beauty/barber shops, convalescent homes, tourist homes including bed-and-breakfast, massage parlors, and motor vehicle repair.
Cease-and-desist order; up to $1,000/day; potential injunction. Repeat violations lead to re-occupancy permit denial.
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