Home occupations are a permitted accessory use in Simpsonville's residential zoning districts. The business must be conducted entirely within the residence, be clearly incidental to residential use, and use no more than 25 percent of the dwelling's habitable floor area.
Zoning Ordinance sec. 3.3.8 authorizes home occupations as an accessory use so residents can work from home while protecting surrounding areas from adverse impacts. A home occupation must be conducted entirely within the residence and be clearly incidental and secondary to residential use, and the area used exclusively for it (including storage) may not exceed 25 percent of the dwelling's habitable floor area. Not more than one home occupation may operate per dwelling unless the Planning Director finds an additional one generates no added traffic. Certain uses (auto/small-engine repair, restaurants, kennels, tattoo/body-piercing, sexually oriented businesses) are prohibited.
Operating outside these standards is a zoning violation enforced by Code Enforcement; the home occupation can be ordered to cease and fines assessed.
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