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Running a business from home in Port Hueneme

Home businesses may use no more than 1 room of the main home and employ only members of the household living there.

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Key points

Home businesses: Home businesses may use no more than 1 room of the main home and employ only members of the household living there.

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

What Port Hueneme's code says

Port Hueneme code What Port Hueneme's code adds
Space used	No more than 1 room in the main home may be used. § 10278 · code text Activities requiring more than one (1) room in the main dwelling unit or which occupy any space devoted to purposes specifically required by this Article (e.g., off-street parking, except as authorized by subdivision H;
Employees	No employees other than members of the household living in the home. § 10278 · code text Activities requiring the employment of persons other than members of the household occupying the dwelling unit;
Businesses not allowed	Automobile and truck repair shops Applies: Not treated as a home occupation; regulated elsewhere in the same article § 10276 · code text A. Automobile and truck repair shops; Barbershops Applies: Not treated as a home occupation; regulated elsewhere in the same article § 10276 · code text B. Barbershops; Beauty salons Applies: Not treated as a home occupation; regulated elsewhere in the same article § 10276 · code text C. Beauty salons; Business or professional offices Applies: Not treated as a home occupation; regulated elsewhere in the same article § 10276 · code text D. Business or professional offices; Care homes Applies: Not treated as a home occupation; regulated elsewhere in the same article § 10276 · code text E. Care homes; Clinics or hospitals Applies: Not treated as a home occupation; regulated elsewhere in the same article § 10276 · code text F. Clinics or hospitals; Convalescent hospitals Applies: Not treated as a home occupation; regulated elsewhere in the same article § 10276 · code text G. Convalescent hospitals; Fortune-telling Applies: Not treated as a home occupation; regulated elsewhere in the same article § 10276 · code text H. Fortune-telling; General retail and service stores Applies: Not treated as a home occupation; regulated elsewhere in the same article § 10276 · code text I. General retail and service stores; Garage sales Applies: Garage sales are allowed on a limited basis of not more than two (2) days per year; more than that is not treated as a home occupation § 10276 · code text J. Garage sales (except on a limited basis of not more than two (2) days per year); Kennels and boarding for pets Applies: Not treated as a home occupation; regulated elsewhere in the same article § 10276 · code text K. Kennels and boarding for pets; Medical offices for physicians, dentists, osteopaths, and other practitioners of the healing arts Applies: Not treated as a home occupation; regulated elsewhere in the same article § 10276 · code text L. Medical offices for physicians, dentists, osteopaths, and other practitioners of the healing arts; Other occupations or uses of a character similar to the above Applies: Not treated as a home occupation; regulated elsewhere in the same article. The Director of Community Development or the Director's designated representative decides which uses are similar § 10276 · code text M. Other occupations or uses of a character similar to the above as determined by the Director of Community Development or his designated representative.

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Home businesses may use no more than 1 room of the main home and employ only members of the household living there.

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