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Running a business from home in Lemoore

Minor home occupations are limited to 150 square feet or 15% of the home, whichever is less, with no visitors or customers.

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Key points

  • Home businesses: Minor home occupations are limited to 150 square feet or 15% of the home, whichever is less, with no visitors or customers.

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

What Lemoore's code says

Lemoore code What Lemoore's code adds
Space used
  • No more than 150 square feet or 15% of the home's floor area, whichever is less.
    Applies: Minor home occupations. May be changed for major home occupations.
    § 9-4D-5 · code text
    Not more than one hundred fifty (150) square feet or fifteen percent (15%) of the floor area of the dwelling, whichever is less, shall be used in the home occupation.
Customer visits
  • No visitors or customers.
    Applies: Minor home occupation permits.
    § 9-4D-5 · code text
    For minor home occupation permits, no visitors or customers shall be allowed.
  • No more than 5 visitors or customers a day.
    Applies: Major home occupation permits, between 8:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M.
    § 9-4D-5 · code text
    For major home occupation permits, visitors and customers shall not exceed those normally and reasonably occurring for a residence, including not more than five (5) a day, during the hours of eight o'clock (8:00) A.M. in the morning to seven o'clock (7:00) P.M. in the evening.
Employees
  • No off-site employees or partners. Only people living in the home may work there.
    Applies: Minor home occupations. May be changed for major home occupations.
    § 9-4D-5 · code text
    Off site employees or partners are not permitted. Only occupants of the home may work on site.
  • 1 employee who does not live at the site is allowed.
    Applies: Cottage food operations.
    § 9-4D-5 · code text
    Notwithstanding the foregoing standards, a cottage food operation may have one employee who does not live at the site, and may sell goods at the site.
Permit
  • A home occupation permit and a business license from the city are required.
    Applies: Before the home occupation starts.
    § 9-4D-5 · code text
    Prior to the establishment of a home occupation, the proprietor of a home occupation shall first obtain a home occupation permit and a business license from the city.
  • A minor permit (planning director, no public notice) or major permit (planning commission, public hearing).
    Applies: Needed before a business license is issued and the home occupation starts.
    § 9-2B-9 · code text
    All home occupations as described in chapter 4, "Land Uses", of this title shall obtain a home occupation permit prior to the issuance of a business license and the establishment of the home occupation.

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Minor home occupations are limited to 150 square feet or 15% of the home, whichever is less, with no visitors or customers.

General information, not legal advice.

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