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Running a business from home in Mendota

Mendota home businesses need a permit, use at most 1 room, are run by residents only, and serve at most 8 clients a day.

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Key points

  • Home businesses: Mendota home businesses need a permit, use at most 1 room, are run by residents only, and serve at most 8 clients a day.

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

What Mendota's code says

Mendota code What Mendota's code adds
Space used
  • No more than 1 room in the home.
    § 17.86.050 · code text
    Not more than one room within the dwelling shall be used for the home occupation.
Customer visits
  • No more than 8 clients per day.
    Applies: Home occupations where clients come to the property.
    § 17.86.050 · code text
    For home occupations involving client attendance at the premises, no more than eight clients shall be served on any given day.
Employees
  • Only residents of the home may be employees.
    § 17.86.050 · code text
    Only residents of the dwelling may be employees of the permitted home occupation.
Permit
  • A home occupation permit is required.
    § 17.86.050 · code text
    unless a separate proposal for said encroachment or a variance from standards is requested and approved prior to issuance of the home occupation permit.
Businesses not allowed
  • Adult businesses conducted on the site, including but not limited to nude entertainment or related activities, or sale/rental of adult books, movies, or related paraphernalia; alcohol or tobacco sales; businesses that entail onsite boarding, handling, breeding, grooming, raising, or training of animals; dance club/night club; firearms or ammunition dealers; fortune telling; massage parlors; medical or dental offices, including pharmacy or medical marijuana dispensaries; mini storage; otherwise appropriate home occupations that become detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare, or that constitute a nuisance; retail sales of merchandise stored and/or displayed on the premises; tattoo parlors, including body piercing and permanent makeup; repair of motor vehicles on the premises; repair of appliances; vehicle sales; welding and/or machining; and similar uses that would be detrimental, inconsistent, or incompatible
    § 17.86.040 · code text
    The following uses shall not be permitted as home occupations:

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Mendota home businesses need a permit, use at most 1 room, are run by residents only, and serve at most 8 clients a day.

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