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Running a business from home in Pico Rivera

Home occupations need a permit and may use at most 15% of the dwelling's floor area, with no non-resident employees or contractors.

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Key points

Home businesses: Home occupations need a permit and may use at most 15% of the dwelling's floor area, with no non-resident employees or contractors.

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What Pico Rivera's code says

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Space used	No more than 15% of the home's floor area. Applies: Business activity inside the home. § 18.22.130 · code text Operations shall not exceed the use of a maximum of 15% of the floor area of the dwelling in which it is located. No area outside the home may be used for the business. Applies: One parking space is the exception. § 18.22.130 · code text No area outside the dwelling shall be used for the operations of a home occupation in any manner whatsoever, except that one parking space is allowed.
Customer visits	Only 1 customer or client at a time. Applies: On-site visits only for homes on a major arterial street, not apartments or condos, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. § 18.22.130 · code text A maximum of one customer/client may receive on-premises consultation at any one time.
Employees	No employees or independent contractors other than residents of the home. Applies: Home businesses, except where cottage food rules allow otherwise. § 18.22.130 · code text No employees or independent contractors other than residents of the dwelling unit shall be permitted to work at the location of a home occupation except as otherwise allowed for cottage food operations.
Permit	A Home Occupation Permit is required. Applies: Home businesses run as an accessory use of a home. § 18.22.130 · code text Home occupations shall be permitted only as an accessory use to a residential dwelling subject to a Home Occupation Permit in accordance with Section 18.05.060 (Other Permits and Approvals).
Businesses not allowed	alcohol sales, firearm and ammunition sales and services, on-site massage therapists, hairdressers, retail sales, vehicle storage, vehicle sales and vehicle repair, vehicle dispatch, furniture or cabinet making, commercial kennels, commercial stables, breeding facilities, forensic testing, or uses as determined by the Zoning Administrator Applies: Businesses operating out of a home § 18.22.130 · code text The following businesses shall not operate out of a home and shall not be permitted by home occupation permits: alcohol sales, firearm and ammunition sales and services, on-site massage therapists, hairdressers, retail sales, vehicle storage, vehicle sales and vehicle repair, vehicle dispatch, furniture or cabinet making, commercial kennels, commercial stables, breeding facilities, forensic testing or as determined by the Zoning Administrator.

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Home occupations need a permit and may use at most 15% of the dwelling's floor area, with no non-resident employees or contractors.

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