Home Businesses

Home day care centers are permitted without a City license.

1. Exterior alterations or modifications that change the residential character or appearance of the dwelling, any accessory buildings or the property itself for the purpose of a home occupation shall be prohibited.
2. Exterior display or storage of equipment or materials related to the home occupation is prohibited. No article for sale shall be visible from the street.
3. There shall be no indication of offensive noise, vibration, smoke dust, odors, heat or glare at or beyond the property line.
4. The home occupation shall be conducted indoors and shall be clearly incidental and subordinate to its use for residential purposes by its occupants.
5. The use shall not generate sewage of a nature or rate greater than normally associated with a residential occupancy nor shall it generate hazardous waste or solid wastes at a rate greater than that normally associated with residential occupancy.
6. No home occupation shall be allowed which jeopardizes the health and safety of City residents.
7. Shipment and delivery of products, merchandise or supplies shall be limited to between 8:00 am and 6:00 pm.
8. No home occupation causing additional parking or traffic than would be normally expected in a residential neighborhood shall be conducted between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
9. Only articles or services made or originating on the premises shall be sold to customers on-site, unless the articles are incidental to a permitted home occupation.
10. Only 1 vehicle and 1 trailer specifically used for a home occupation are permitted to be parked at the residence licensed for a home occupation. The parking of these vehicles must be off-street and in compliance with the parking regulations of the City Code.
11. Signage may consist of not more than 1 single faced unlighted wall sign per home with a maximum area of 2 square feet.

A home business may be operated without a Home Occupation Permit unless any of the following occurs:

·       Employment of individuals not residing on the premises.

·       Traffic generated by the home business exceeds one vehicle at a time.

·       Use of an accessory structure or garage in conducting the home business.

The following activities require issuance of a Home Occupation Permit by the City of Hastings:

·       Employment of individuals not residing on the premises.

·       Traffic generated by the home business exceeds one vehicle at a time.

·       Use of an accessory structure or garage in conducting the home business.