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Running a business from home in Rohnert Park

A home business needs a business license and may have at most 1 non-resident worker; tutoring and similar services, 1 client at a time.

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Key points

  • Home businesses: A home business needs a business license and may have at most 1 non-resident worker; tutoring and similar services, 1 client at a time.

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

What Rohnert Park's code says

Rohnert Park code What Rohnert Park's code adds
Customer visits
  • Only 1 client at a time.
    Applies: Tutoring, professional services, massage, chiropractic, hairstyling and consulting in a single-family detached home.
    § 17.07.110 · code text
    Individual instruction or tutoring, professional services (e.g., tax services, insurance sales, etc.), massage, chiropractor, hairstyling, and consulting provided they serve one client at a time.
  • Up to 14 children.
    Applies: Child care in a single-family detached home.
    § 17.07.110 · code text
    Child care up to fourteen children.
Employees
  • No more than 1 person who does not live in the home.
    Applies: Home businesses; licensed child care facilities may have other employees.
    § 17.07.110 · code text
    No more than one person other than resident(s) of the dwelling shall be employed on-site or report to work at the site of the home occupation except for other employees of licensed child care facilities.
Permit
  • A business license is required.
    Applies: Home businesses in a residential district; they must meet all the listed standards.
    § 17.07.110 · code text
    A home occupation in a residential district shall require a business license and no business license shall be granted unless the use conforms to all of the criteria listed below.
  • A health department permit is required.
    Applies: Any allowed food preparation at the home.
    § 17.07.110 · code text
    There shall be no cooking or food preparation at the site for the purpose of retail sales from a vehicle and any permitted food preparation shall first receive a permit from the health department.
Businesses not allowed
  • repair of large appliances, internal combustion engines, automobiles, trucks, or motorcycles at the home
    § 17.07.110 · code text
    There shall be no repair of large appliances, internal combustion engines, automobiles, trucks, or motorcycles at the home.
  • cooking or food preparation at the site for the purpose of retail sales from a vehicle
    § 17.07.110 · code text
    There shall be no cooking or food preparation at the site for the purpose of retail sales from a vehicle and any permitted food preparation shall first receive a permit from the health department.

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A home business needs a business license and may have at most 1 non-resident worker; tutoring and similar services, 1 client at a time.

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