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Running a business from home in Ridgecrest

A home business needs a permit; only immediate or resident family may work there, and vehicle repair and auto painting are barred.

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Key points

  • Home businesses: A home business needs a permit; only immediate or resident family may work there, and vehicle repair and auto painting are barred.

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

What Ridgecrest's code says

Ridgecrest code What Ridgecrest's code adds
Customer visits
  • No more traffic than a normal home brings.
    Applies: Retail sales and services at the home for people who come there.
    § 106-31 · code text
    Retail sales at the residence and services performed at the residence for persons who have come to the residence for such services shall be limited to no more traffic than that normally occasioned by a residential use.
Employees
  • No employees, salespeople, contractors or partners other than immediate or resident family members.
    Applies: Working at or coming to the property for the home business.
    § 106-31 · code text
    No employees, salesmen or other help, including independent contractors, partners or joint ventures hired, engaged, or retained by the permittee, other than members of the immediate or resident family, shall perform any work at the premises or go to or upon the premises in conjunction with the home occupation.
Permit
  • A home occupation permit is required.
    § 106-31 · code text
    The applicant for a home occupation permit shall attest to and acknowledge that they will not violate the following criteria:
Businesses not allowed
  • Any vocation or business involving machinery which cannot be stored or operated in the room allowed for use of the home occupation or concealed in the vehicle of not over one-ton capacity
    § 106-31 · code text
    Any vocation or business involving machinery which cannot be stored or operated in the room allowed for use of the home occupation or concealed in the vehicle of not over one-ton capacity;
  • Automotive, vehicular, or motorcycle repair or engine repair, body and fender repair and auto painting
    § 106-31 · code text
    Automotive, vehicular, or motorcycle repair or engine repair, body and fender repair and auto painting.

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Frequently asked questions

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A home business needs a permit; only immediate or resident family may work there, and vehicle repair and auto painting are barred.

General information, not legal advice.

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