Running a business from home in Antioch: the local rules

Each rule below links to the section of the Antioch Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

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Customer visits	No customers or clients may visit the home for the business. Applies: General rule; in-home music lessons, tutoring or similar uses may have up to 6 students total in any 24 hours. § 9-5.901 · code text No customers or clients shall be permitted to visit the home at any time in conjunction with the home occupation, however, in-home music lessons, academic tutoring, or similar uses, shall be allowed for no more than six students total in any 24 hour period. No more than 6 students in total in any 24-hour period. Applies: In-home music lessons, academic tutoring or similar uses. § 9-5.901 · code text in-home music lessons, academic tutoring, or similar uses, shall be allowed for no more than six students total in any 24 hour period.
Employees	Only people who live in the home, plus 1 nonresident. Applies: Employees working or meeting at the site, counting all home occupation use permits for the property. § 9-5.901 · code text Employees working or meeting at the site shall be limited to persons who reside in the unit and one nonresident, inclusive of all home occupation use permits issued for the premises.
Permit	A home occupation use permit, a signed home occupation affidavit and a business license are required. § 9-5.901 · code text A business license shall not be issued for a home occupation until and unless the signed home occupation affidavit is received.
Businesses not allowed	Beauty parlors, barber shops and haircut salons; retail sales; restaurants; funeral chapels, funeral homes, and taxidermists; stables, kennels, animal boarding, and animal breeding, except dog fanciers, those holding multiple pet permits, and those holding kennel permits; veterinary clinics; mechanical and automobile repair and servicing; cabinet shops, furniture manufacture, upholstery repair or similar uses requiring electric saws, joiners, air compressors and similar tools; industrial manufacturing; repair of large appliances, internal combustion engines, automobiles or motorcycles at the home; use of yard space or activity outside the main or accessory building not normally associated with residential use; storage of hazardous chemicals or supplies not normally found at a private residence; bicycle, lawn mower or small engine repair or maintenance; welding and use of paint sprayers or compressors § 9-5.901 · code text (3) Restaurants.

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Antioch home businesses need a use permit and business license; no customer visits, except up to 6 students in 24 hours for lessons.

Running a business from home in Antioch

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