Running a business from home in Upland: the local rules

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

What Upland's code says

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Customer visits	No more than 6 clients or visitors per day. Applies: Minor home businesses. § 17.27.040 · code text Minor home occupations receive no more than six clients or visitors per day. No more than 12 clients or visitors per day. Applies: Major home businesses. § 17.27.040 · code text Major home occupations receive no more than 12 clients or visitors per day.
Businesses not allowed	photography studio, beauty parlor, barber shop, nail salon, massage parlor, pet grooming, appliance or vehicle repair shops, animal hospital, medical practitioner, clinic, music school, dancing school, business school, any other school or program with organized classes, except for individual instruction § 17.27.060 · code text The following uses, and those with similar characteristics, are prohibited as home occupations: photography studio, beauty parlor, barber shop, nail salon, massage parlor, pet grooming, appliance or vehicle repair shops, animal hospital, medical practitioner, clinic, music school, dancing school, business school, any other school or program with organized classes, except for individual instruction.

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Upland limits minor home businesses to 6 clients or visitors a day and major ones to 12.

Running a business from home in Upland

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