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Running a business from home in Inglewood

A home business is limited to 1 room and 100 square feet, and only permanent residents of the home may be employed.

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Key points

Home businesses: A home business is limited to 1 room and 100 square feet, and only permanent residents of the home may be employed.

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What Inglewood's code says

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Space used	No more than 1 room. Applies: Within a structure. § 12-17.4 · code text The home occupation shall involve no more than one room within a structure and the activity cannot occupy more than one hundred square feet of said room. No more than 100 square feet. Applies: The business activity inside the 1 room used for it. § 12-17.4 · code text The home occupation shall involve no more than one room within a structure and the activity cannot occupy more than one hundred square feet of said room. No more than 100 square feet in total. Applies: All home businesses in one residence combined. § 12-17.4 · code text If more than one home occupation is conducted within a residence, the total floor area for all such occupations together shall not exceed one hundred square feet.
Customer visits	No more traffic than normal for a residential use. Applies: Vehicle or pedestrian traffic to the residence. § 12-17.4 · code text The home occupation shall not generate any vehicular or pedestrian traffic to the residence which is more than would normally be associated with a residential use. By appointment made in advance by telephone. Applies: Customers who come to the residence. § 12-17.4 · code text Patrons may arrive at the residence on a prior appointment basis made by telephone.
Employees	No non-resident employees. Applies: Only permanent residents of the premises may be employed in the home business. § 12-17.4 · code text No person other than a permanent resident of the subject premises shall be employed in the home occupation.
Permit	A home occupation questionnaire with the Business Tax Certificate registration form. § 12-17.4 · code text An application for permission to conduct a home occupation shall be made by submitting a completed home occupation questionnaire with the Registration Form for a Business Tax Certificate as referenced in Chapter 8 of this Code.
Businesses not allowed	Vehicle servicing, repair, washing or storage, including cars, trucks, boats, motorcycles or bicycles § 12-17.1 · code text (a) Vehicle servicing, repair, washing or storage, including, but not limited to, cars, trucks, boats, motorcycles or bicycles. Manufacture, assembly, repair or refinishing of appliances, furniture or other machinery § 12-17.1 · code text (b) Manufacture, assembly, repair or refinishing of appliances, furniture or other machinery. Carpentry, plumbing or electrical contracting, and the like, if materials, equipment and/or commercial vehicles are maintained on the premises § 12-17.1 · code text (c) Carpentry, plumbing or electrical contracting, and the like, if materials, equipment and/or commercial vehicles are maintained on the premises. Machine or cabinetry shops § 12-17.1 · code text (d) Machine or cabinetry shops. Manufacture, packing, preparation and/or catering of meals or food items § 12-17.1 · code text (e) Manufacture, packing, preparation and/or catering of meals or food items. Child care exceeding six children at any one time Applies: A small family day care home may care for up to eight children under stated conditions; a child care facility of up to fourteen children in a one-family dwelling may be permitted under Section 12-17.10 § 12-17.1 · code text (g) Child care, if the number of children exceeds six or more at any one time, inclusive of children who are permanent residents of the home. Music, art, dance or tutorial lessons, and the like, if the number of students exceeds two at any one time § 12-17.1 · code text (h) Music, art, dance or tutorial lessons, and the like, if the number of students exceeds two at any one time. Swimming pool maintenance requiring storage of chlorine or other chemicals § 12-17.1 · code text (i) Swimming pool maintenance, when such service requires the storage of chlorine or other chemicals. Raising poultry or livestock § 12-17.1 · code text (j) Raising poultry or livestock. Sale, retail or wholesale including online/mail order, of ammunition, firearms, explosives or fireworks § 12-17.1 · code text (k) Sale, retail or wholesale including online/mail order, of ammunition, firearms, explosives or fireworks. Alcohol sales, retail or wholesale including online/mail order sales where goods are delivered, stored, and shipped remotely § 12-17.1 · code text (l) Alcohol sales, retail or wholesale including online/mail order sales where goods are delivered, stored, and shipped remotely. Vehicle sales, retail or wholesale including online/mail order sales in which goods are delivered, stored, and shipped remotely § 12-17.1 · code text (m) Vehicle sales, retail or wholesale including online/mail order sales in which goods are delivered, stored, and shipped remotely.

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