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Running a business from home in Siskiyou County

Home businesses may use at most 25% of the home's square footage, including storage, with no employees and an administrative use permit.

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Key points

  • Home businesses: Home businesses may use at most 25% of the home's square footage, including storage, with no employees and an administrative use permit.

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

What Siskiyou County's code says

Siskiyou County code What Siskiyou County's code adds
Space used
  • No more than 25% of the home's square footage.
    Applies: The total business area, including storage.
    § 10-6.1513 · code text
    The total area of the business, including storage, shall not exceed twenty-five (25%) percent of the home's square footage
Employees
  • No employees are allowed.
    § 10-6.1513 · code text
    No employees shall be permitted.
Permit
  • An administrative use permit from the Planning Director.
    Applies: Except phone-only businesses with no employees, display, storage or signs, which may register with the Planning Department.
    § 10-6.1513 · code text
    a home occupation shall be allowed subject to the issuance of an administrative use permit by the Planning Director
  • Registration with the Planning Department is enough.
    Applies: Telephone-only businesses with no employees, no display or storage, and no signs.
    § 10-6.1513 · code text
    Businesses utilizing telephones only with no employees, no display or storage, and no signs will be permitted upon the registration of such businesses with the Planning Department
Businesses not allowed
  • Strictly retail businesses, including grocery stores and stock item stores
    § 10-6.1513 · code text
    Strictly retail businesses shall not be allowed (that is, grocery stores, stock item stores, and the like).

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Frequently asked questions

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Home businesses may use at most 25% of the home's square footage, including storage, with no employees and an administrative use permit.

General information, not legal advice.

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