LINCOLN PARK — The changes being considered to the city’s building codes would permit the following types of home-based businesses:

l Offices for professionals, including clergy, doctors, dentists and travel agents.

l Personal services, including barbers, massage therapists, pet groomers and caterers.

l Institutional services, including music, dance, arts and crafts and tutoring.

l Baby-sitting services and day-care providers.

l Studios for artists, musicians, photographers and authors.

l Workrooms for tailors, cabinetry and woodworking.

l Repair services, including computers, clocks, small appliances and small engines.

A list on prohibited home-based businesses also is being discussed and includes the following:

l Kennels, stables and veterinary clinics.

l Medical and dental clinics.

l Eating or drinking establishments.

l Motor vehicle repair.

l Funeral homes.

l Retail sale of merchandise not made on the premises.

l Boarding and rooming houses.

l Trucking and delivering services.

l Fortune-telling and psychic reading.

l Adult entertainment, including nude modeling, massage parlors, tattoo parlors and body-piercing studios.

A detailed listing of examples under each acceptable and unacceptable category is available at the Building Department inside City Hall. For more information, call 1-313-386-1800, Ext. 256.