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Running a business from home in Big Bear Lake

Big Bear Lake home businesses need a permit and a current business license, and may have 1 employee who is not a resident.

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Key points

  • Home business: Big Bear Lake home businesses need a permit and a current business license, and may have 1 employee who is not a resident.

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

What Big Bear Lake's code says

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Customer visits
  • No more visitors than a home without a business would typically get.
    § 17.03.270 · code text
    There shall be no greater number of customers, clients, or visitors coming to the residence for purposes of the home occupation than the number of visitors typically expected to visit a residence in which a home occupation is not being conducted.
Employees
  • No more than 1 employee who does not live in the home.
    Applies: A personal attendant of a disabled resident owner or employee does not count.
    § 17.03.270 · code text
    No more than one employee other than a resident of the dwelling shall be employed on the premises of a home occupation, other than the personal attendant of a disabled resident business owner or employee.
Permit
  • A home occupation permit and a current city business license are required.
    § 17.03.270 · code text
    The operator of a home occupation shall obtain and maintain a current business license from the city.
Businesses not allowed
  • auto repair, auto body or engine work
    Applies: mobile businesses operating under a home occupation permit
    § 17.03.270 · code text
    no mobile business operating under a home occupation permit shall be permitted to conduct auto repair, auto body or engine work.
  • sale or storage of fire arms, ordnance, ammunition or other weapons regulated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
    Applies: at the site of the home occupation
    § 17.03.270 · code text
    No home occupation shall include the sale or storage of fire arms, ordnance, ammunition or other weapons which are regulated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, at the site of the home occupation.
  • warehousing of goods, wares or merchandise
    § 17.03.270 · code text
    Warehousing of goods, wares or merchandise shall be prohibited.

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Big Bear Lake home businesses need a permit and a current business license, and may have 1 employee who is not a resident.

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