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Running a business from home in Hawaiian Gardens

Hawaiian Gardens home businesses may use 400 sq ft or 25% of living area, whichever is less, with no nonresident employees.

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Key points

  • Home businesses: Hawaiian Gardens home businesses may use 400 sq ft or 25% of living area, whichever is less, with no nonresident employees.

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

What Hawaiian Gardens's code says

Hawaiian Gardens code What Hawaiian Gardens's code adds
Space used
  • No more than 400 square feet or 25% of the home's livable floor area, whichever is less.
    Applies: The business must be run entirely inside a building.
    § 18.100.070 · code text
    A home occupation shall be conducted entirely within a building and shall occupy no more than 400 square feet or more than 25 percent of the livable floor area of the dwelling unit, whichever is less.
Customer visits
  • No sales room or office open to visitors.
    § 18.100.070 · code text
    No motor vehicle repair, medical office, clinic, laboratory, carpentry, cabinet making, beauty shop nor barber shop shall be permitted, and a home occupation shall not include a sales room or office open to visitors.
Employees
  • Only residents of the home may work or report to work on site.
    § 18.100.070 · code text
    A home occupation permit may be granted only to the resident of the dwelling and no one other than a resident of the dwelling shall be employed on-site or report to work at the site in the conduct of a home occupation.
Permit
  • A home occupation permit and a valid, current city business license.
    Applies: Home occupations are allowed only in residential and mixed-use zones.
    § 18.100.070 · code text
    Home occupations are allowed only in residential and mixed-use zones, subject to approval of a home occupation permit.
Businesses not allowed
  • motor vehicle repair; medical office; clinic; laboratory; carpentry; cabinet making; beauty shop; barber shop
    § 18.100.070 · code text
    No motor vehicle repair, medical office, clinic, laboratory, carpentry, cabinet making, beauty shop nor barber shop shall be permitted, and a home occupation shall not include a sales room or office open to visitors.

Who this affects

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Frequently asked questions

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Hawaiian Gardens home businesses may use 400 sq ft or 25% of living area, whichever is less, with no nonresident employees.

General information, not legal advice.

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