Running a business from home in San Joaquin County

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

What San Joaquin County's code says

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Customer visits	No more than 8 customer visits per day. Applies: Shoe repair: visits to drop off or pick up items. § 9-409.270 · code text Shoe repair, provided there are no more than eight customer visits per day to drop off or pick up such items and no sales of any kind are permitted. Allowed, if foot or vehicle traffic is no more than usual for the zone. § 9-409.270 · code text Customer and client visits are permitted, provided the home occupation does not generate pedestrian or vehicular traffic in excess of that customarily associated with the zone in which the use is located.
Employees	No more than 1 person other than the residents. Applies: People employed on site or reporting to work at the site, including independent contractors working on site. § 9-409.270 · code text No more than one person other than the resident(s) of the dwelling shall be employed on-site or report to work at the site of the home occupation.
Permit	An Administrative Use Permit is required. Applies: Taxi, limousine or on-demand transportation services with more than 1 service vehicle parked at or near the home. § 9-409.270 · code text An Administrative Use Permit shall be required to have more than one vehicle associated with this service parked at or near the residence where this home occupation is located.
Businesses not allowed	ambulance or hearse service; ammunition reloading; any business distributing, transporting, or delivering commercial cannabis or commercial cannabis products; bed and breakfast lodging; ceramics using a kiln of six cubic feet or more in size; gym, dance, or exercise studio; large household appliance repair or reconditioning; mortician; medical or dental office; private club; shop for repair, storage, or reconditioning of boats, cars, trucks, and recreational vehicles; restaurants; retail sales except artist's, artisan's, and photographer's original work; towing yard; veterinary uses; and welding shop Applies: On-site home occupations § 9-409.270 · code text The following are expressly prohibited for on-site home occupations: ambulance or hearse service; ammunition reloading; any business distributing, transporting, or delivering commercial cannabis or commercial cannabis products; bed and breakfast lodging; ceramics using a kiln of six cubic feet or more in size; , gym, dance, or exercise studio; large household appliance repair or reconditioning; mortician; medical or dental office; private club; shop for repair, storage, or reconditioning of boats, cars, trucks, and recreational vehicles; restaurants; retail sales except artist's, artisan's, and photographer's original work; towing yard; veterinary uses; and welding shop.

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At most 1 person besides residents works on site; restaurants, medical or dental offices and towing yards are not allowed as on-site home businesses.

Running a business from home in San Joaquin County

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