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Running a business from home in Sanger

A home business needs a permit and must stay in the main building; only residents or family may work there, except cottage food.

Key points

  • Home businesses: A home business needs a permit and must stay in the main building; only residents or family may work there, except cottage food.

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

What Sanger's code says

Sanger code What Sanger's code adds
Employees
  • Only residents or family members of a resident.
    Applies: A cottage food operation may employ 1 full-time equivalent employee.
    § 90-897 · code text
    There shall be no employment or contracting of help other than a resident of the dwelling or a family member of a resident of the dwelling, with the exception that a cottage food operation is allowed to employ one full-time equivalent employee.
Permit
  • A home occupation permit is required.
    § 90-897 · code text
    A home occupation may be permitted by issuance of a home occupation permit in accordance with this section.
Businesses not allowed
  • Sales of products on the premises
    Applies: Cottage food operations may sell their products directly to consumers
    § 90-897 · code text
    There shall be no sales of products on the premises, except that products from a cottage food operation may be sold directly to consumers.
Space used
  • No building or space outside the main building may be used.
    § 90-897 · code text
    No building or space outside of the main building shall be used for home occupation purposes.

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A home business needs a permit and must stay in the main building; only residents or family may work there, except cottage food.

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