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Running a business from home in Rolling Hills Estates

A home business may use at most 1 room of the home and no other building, and only resident family members may work there.

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Key points

  • Home businesses: A home business may use at most 1 room of the home and no other building, and only resident family members may work there.

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

What Rolling Hills Estates's code says

Rolling Hills Estates code What Rolling Hills Estates's code adds
Space used
  • No more than 1 room in the home.
    Applies: No building or space outside the main house may be used.
    § 17.48.010 · code text
    Not more than one room in the dwelling shall be employed for the home occupation;
Customer visits
  • No more foot or car traffic than is normal for the district.
    § 17.48.010 · code text
    The use shall not generate pedestrian or vehicular traffic beyond that normal to the district in which it is located;
Employees
  • Only members of the family living in the home can work in the business.
    § 17.48.010 · code text
    No employment of help other than the members of the resident family;
Businesses not allowed
  • Sales of products or services not produced on the premises; any use that is not legal in one of the commercial zones
    Applies: Home occupations in residential zones
    § 17.48.010 · code text
    Home occupations shall be deemed a commercial use and prohibited in all residential zones except where all of the following criteria have been satisfied:

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A home business may use at most 1 room of the home and no other building, and only resident family members may work there.

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