City of Hardeeville Planning & Development
PO Box 609 (205 Main Street) | Hardeeville, SC 29927
tel: 843 784 2231 | fax: 843 784 6384
www.cityofhardeeville.com
Home Occupation Form
MZDO STANDARDS
Signature: Date:
Please read the Municipal Zoning & Development Ordinance (MZDO)
standards and inform your neighbors. When completed, sign this form
and submit it along with the General Permit Application.
MZDO (Section 3.3.B) Home occupations shall be permitted in any
Residential District provided that such occupation:
Is conducted by no other persons than members of the family and not
more than two (2) other employees who are not residents residing on
the premises;
Is conducted within the principal building with no display or storage of
anything outside the principal building;
Utilizes not more than twenty-five (25%) percent of the total floor area
of the principal building;
Produces no alteration or change in the character of exterior
appearance of the principal building front of a dwelling;
Involves no sales or offering for sale of any article not produced or
assembled by members of the family or employees, or any service not
performed by members of the family or employees on the premises;
Creates no disturbing or offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odor,
heat, glare, traffic hazard, unhealthy or unsightly condition. No
equipment or process shall be used that creates a visual or audible
interference in radio/television receivers off the premise or causes
flotation of line voltages off-premise.
Normal business hours shall be limited to 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM. At no
time shall customers exceed three during normal working hours.
Business that operate between hours of 8:00 PM and 8:00 AM shall be
of a type that is quiet in nature such as clerical, bookkeeping,
accounting, computer, etc., and do not create other than normal
residential traffic on the surrounding area;
Ensures that the applicant for such home occupation:
1) will not occupy more than twenty-five (25%) percent of the
dwelling or accessory structure
2) will present a petition signed by all the property owners within
one hundred fifty (150) feet of the property boundaries upon
which the home occupation is to occur
3) demonstrates a sufficient amount of off-street parking exists or
shall be created upon the premises
4) presents these items to the Planning Director for approval;
Ensures that businesses requiring appropriate state licensing shall
receive appropriate licensing before a Zoning Permit and Business
License is issued by the City of Hardeeville
Does not involve automobile and/or body repairing; greenhouse or
commercial nurseries and truck farming; food handling, processing or
packing of food other than catering services that utilize standard home
kitchen equipment; repair, manufacturing and processing uses, except
that of a seamstress, where goods are manufactured for stock, sale or
distribution; restaurants; and uses that harbor, train, raise, or treat
dogs, cats, birds, other animals on-site.
I hereby agree to these standards and have faithfully informed
my neighbors of my intentions to the best of my ability.
I am applying to the City of Hardeeville for a Zoning Permit to allow
me to conduct a home occupation. I currently reside at:
NEIGHBOR PETITION
The type of home occupation I am pursuing is:
City code requires that I inform you of my intentions. Please fill the
information below, confirming that you were notified. Information is
confidential and does not constitute approval for this application.
If you have comments or concerns about this application, please
contact City Hall at 843-784-2231. Standards are shown on the left.
Address:
Name:
Signature:
Phone #:
Next-Door
Neighbor
Use the back of the form for additional neighbors or comments/notes.
My name is:
Address:
Name:
Signature:
Phone #:
Next-Door
Neighbor
Address:
Name:
Signature:
Phone #:
Neighbor
Across the
Street
Address:
Name:
Signature:
Phone #:
Neighbor
Behind Me
OFFICE USE ONLY
Permit #:
Notes:
Form H | Updated 3/2012.
