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Running a business from home in Arcadia

Arcadia home businesses may use one room or 600 square feet, whichever is greater; only permanent residents of the home may conduct them.

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Key points

  • Home business: Arcadia home businesses may use one room or 600 square feet, whichever is greater; only permanent residents of the home may conduct them.

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

What Arcadia's code says

Arcadia code What Arcadia's code adds
Space used
  • No more than 1 room or 600 square feet, whichever is greater.
    § 9104.02.170 · code text
    Not more than one room or a maximum of 600 square feet, whichever is greater, shall be used for the home occupation, except for large family and small family day care uses
Customer visits
  • No more visitors than is normal for the surrounding neighborhood.
    Applies: Foot and vehicle traffic the home business brings.
    § 9104.02.170 · code text
    A home occupation may not generate the number of visitors (e.g., pedestrian and/or vehicular traffic) beyond that considered normal within the surrounding residential neighborhood.
  • Only 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday to Friday, and 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on weekends.
    Applies: Visits and deliveries for the home business.
    § 9104.02.170 · code text
    Visitation and deliveries incidental to the home occupation shall be limited to the hours between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
Employees
  • Only the permanent residents of the home can work in the business there.
    § 9104.02.170 · code text
    Only the permanent resident(s) of the subject dwelling shall be employed on the premises in the conduct of a home occupation.
Permit
  • A City Business License is required.
    § 9104.02.170 · code text
    The operator of the home occupation shall procure a City Business License issued in compliance with Municipal Code Article VI (Businesses, Professions, Trades, and Occupations).
  • A new Home Occupation Permit and Business License are required.
    Applies: When the original permit holder changes the type of home business activity.
    § 9107.13.140 · code text
    A change in the type of home occupation activity (e.g., a change from one allowed activity to another allowed activity) conducted by the original resident/permittee shall also require a new Home Occupation Permit and Business License before conducting an allowed home occupation.
Businesses not allowed
  • Adult businesses; alcohol sales; ammunition, explosives, or fireworks sales, use, or manufacturing; barber and beauty shops; commercial breeding, boarding, grooming, harboring, kenneling, raising, and/or training of dogs, cats, or other animals on the premises; on-site carpentry and cabinet making; fortune telling; lawn mower and/or small engine repair; on-site massage establishments; medical and dental offices, clinics, and laboratories; mini storage; plant nursery; retail or wholesale sales of products stored at the residence; storage and/or sales of equipment, materials, and other accessories to the construction and service trades; tattoo parlors; television, radio, or appliance repair; vehicle repair, upholstery, automobile detailing, and painting; vehicle sales; welding and machining; other similar uses determined by the Director not to be incidental to or compatible with residential activities
    § 9107.13.050 · code text
    The following uses are not incidental to or compatible with residential activities and are prohibited as home occupations:

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