Subsection 134-1-6-2 - Residential ZoneA. Purpose To provide for and protect the traditionally residential areas surrounding the Maine State Capitol and provide for home occupation or professional uses.
B. Permitted Uses Residential and home occupation or professional uses. A home occupation or professional use is: accessory to a residential use and is customarily carried on in a dwelling unit or in a building or other structure accessory to a dwelling unit; carried on by a member of the family residing in the dwelling unit; clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling unit for residential purposes and conforms with the following conditions:
(1) The occupation or profession shall be carried on wholly within the principal building or within a building or other structure accessory thereto.(2) Not more then two people outside the family shall be employed in the home occupation. There shall be no stock in trade.(3) There shall be no exterior display, no exterior sign (except as expressly permitted by this regulation), no exterior storage of materials and no other exterior indication of the home occupation or variation from the residential character of the principal building.(4) No nuisance, offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odors, heat, glare, or electrical disturbance shall be generated.(5) No traffic shall be generated by such home occupation in greater volumes than would normally be expected in the neighborhood.(6) In addition to the off-street parking provided to meet the normal requirements of the dwelling, adequate off-street parking shall be provided for the vehicles of each employee and the vehicles of the maximum number of users the home occupation may attract during peak operating hours and otherwise in accordance with this regulation.(7) The home occupation shall not utilize more than 30% of the total floor area of the dwelling unit, but not more than 500 square feet. A home occupation shall include, but not be limited to, the following: Art Studio
Dressmaking Shop
Hairdressing Shop
Teaching or Tutoring Facilities
Office of a Physician, Dentist, Optometrist, Lawyer,
Engineer, Architect, or Accountant
Office of a Real Estate Broker or Agent
Office of an Insurance Agent or Broker
C.M.R. 18, 134, ch. 1, § 134-1-6, subsec. 134-1-6-2