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Running a business from home in Point Arena

Home occupations are allowed with any dwelling under listed conditions, with at most 2 employees outside the resident family.

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Key points

  • Home businesses: Home occupations are allowed with any dwelling under listed conditions, with at most 2 employees outside the resident family.

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

What Point Arena's code says

Point Arena code What Point Arena's code adds
Employees
  • No more than 2 employees besides members of the resident family.
    § 18.25.060 · code text
    No more than two employees other than members of the resident family;
Permit
  • Allowed as an accessory use of any home under set conditions.
    Applies: A coastal development permit is needed where the use counts as development.
    § 18.25.060 · code text
    Home occupations, including, but not limited to, sewing, music studios, desktop publishing, art studios, computer programming, professional offices, home and health care product distributors, bookkeeping, rooming and boarding of not more than two persons including tourists, may be permitted as an accessory use to any dwelling, subject to the following conditions and to the provisions of the zone in which the occupation is proposed, and coastal development permits, where the use constitutes "development" as defined in Appendix A, Supplemental Definitions:
Businesses not allowed
  • manufacturing, processing or transportation of flammable, combustible, explosive, toxic or other hazardous materials
    § 18.25.060 · code text
    Home occupations shall not include manufacturing, processing or transportation of flammable, combustible, explosive, toxic or other hazardous materials.

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Can I run a business from my home in Point Arena?

Home occupations are allowed with any dwelling under listed conditions, with at most 2 employees outside the resident family.

General information, not legal advice.

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