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Running a business from home in Lincoln

City code limits a home business to 15% of the home's floor area and at most 2 workers, both living in the home.

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Key points

  • Home businesses: City code limits a home business to 15% of the home's floor area and at most 2 workers, both living in the home.

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

What Lincoln's code says

Lincoln code What Lincoln's code adds
Space used
  • No more than 15% of the home's total floor area.
    § 18.62.060 · code text
    The home occupation(s) shall not require the use of more than 15 percent of the total floor area of the dwelling unit and such use shall be clearly incidental to the use of the dwelling as a residence.
Customer visits
  • Meeting customers at the home needs a conditional use permit.
    Applies: Home occupations in any residential district.
    § 18.62.060 · code text
    Personal contact with customers at the applicant's residence;
Employees
  • No more than 2 people, both living in the home.
    § 18.62.060 · code text
    The home occupation(s) shall be operated by no more than two individuals, both of whom shall be inhabitants of the dwelling unit.
Permit
  • No conditional use permit is needed.
    Applies: Home occupations in any residential district that meet the listed conditions and limits.
    § 18.62.060 · code text
    A home occupation shall be permitted without the issuance of a conditional use permit subject to an occupant's compliance with the following conditions and limitations:
  • A conditional use permit is required.
    Applies: Residential districts: meeting customers at the home, making goods for sale, or 3 or more home occupations in one home.
    § 18.62.060 · code text
    home occupations located in any residential district that involve the following activities shall require the issuance of a conditional use permit pursuant to Section 18.62.020.
Businesses not allowed
  • Commercial food handling, processing, or packing
    Applies: Home occupation permit issuance
    § 18.62.060 · code text
    No home occupation(s) permit(s) shall be issued which involve commercial food handling, processing, or packing.

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City code limits a home business to 15% of the home's floor area and at most 2 workers, both living in the home.

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