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Running a business from home in Calabasas

City rule: a home business needs a permit and may have at most 1 client on site at a time and 2 non-resident employees.

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Key points

  • Home businesses: City rule: a home business needs a permit and may have at most 1 client on site at a time and 2 non-resident employees.

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

What Calabasas's code says

Calabasas code What Calabasas's code adds
Customer visits
  • No more than 1 client or customer on the property at any time.
    Applies: For counseling, music lessons, tutoring or other purposes related to the home business.
    § 17.12.115 · code text
    No more than one client or patron shall be allowed on the premises at any time for counseling, music lessons, tutoring, or other purposes related to the home occupation;
Employees
  • No more than 2 employees or independent contractors on site.
    Applies: Not counting full-time residents of the home.
    § 17.12.115 · code text
    The home occupation shall involve no more than two employees or independent contractor on the site other than full-time residents of the dwelling unit.
Permit
  • A home occupation permit is required for any allowed home business.
    § 17.12.115 · code text
    A home occupation permit is required for any allowed home occupations.
Businesses not allowed
  • Adult entertainment businesses; commercial photo/film processing labs; night clubs; gun or ammunition sales; medical and dental offices, clinics, and laboratories (not including counselors/psychotherapists); mini storage; RV storage except for a personally owned vehicle registered to an occupant of the premises; storage of equipment, materials, and other accessories for the construction and service trades, as well as other business enterprises; vehicle maintenance and repair (body or mechanical), upholstery, automobile detailing and painting; welding and machining; woodworking, cabinetry manufacturing; and any other use determined by the director not to be incidental to or compatible with residential activities
    § 17.12.115 · code text
    The following may not be issued a home occupation permit as they are examples of incompatible or non-incidental business activities:

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City rule: a home business needs a permit and may have at most 1 client on site at a time and 2 non-resident employees.

General information, not legal advice.

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