Home occupations are permitted in all residential zones other than the Residential Central City zone if the following standards are met:
- The total floor area of the part of the building and any outdoor storage area used for the home occupation must be less than 40m².
- In addition to the resident, up to two full-time equivalent people who don't live on the site can be also employed in the home occupation.
- The only retailing permitted is the sale of goods grown or produced on the site, internet-based sales where no customer visits occur, or goods relating to the on-site service provided by the home occupation (maximum 1m2 storage and display area). Food and beverage outlets (e.g. cafes and takeaway businesses) are not permitted.
- Any manufacturing, altering, repairing, dismantling or processing of materials or items must be within a fully enclosed building.
- The site can only be open to visitors, clients, and deliveries between the hours of:
- 7.00am to 9.00pm Monday to Friday; and
- 8.00am to 7.00pm Saturday, Sunday and public holidays.
- Visitor, courier and staff parking areas must be located on the property itself and not in the road boundary setback (the area between the front of the building and the road) or on a shared driveway area.
- Vehicle movements must not exceed 2 per week for heavy vehicles, and 16 per day for other vehicles (a vehicle travelling to and from the property is counted as two movements).
- Maximum sign area of 0.5m², except that on sites with frontage to Memorial Avenue or Fendalton Road no signs are permitted at all.
- The following activities aren’t permitted: Vehicle/boat trading or storage, motor servicing, heavy industrial activities, domestic animal boarding and funeral homes.
If any of the above standards cannot be met, a resource consent is required for the home occupation.
The application must address the effects resulting from the scale and type of the business, traffic generation, access safety and hours of operation, depending on which particular standards are not met.