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Running a business from home in Willits

Willits limits a home business to one room or 50% of the ground floor, whichever is greater, with no employees.

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Key points

  • Home businesses: Willits limits a home business to one room or 50% of the ground floor, whichever is greater, with no employees.

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

What Willits's code says

Willits code What Willits's code adds
Space used
  • No more than 1 room or 50% of the home's ground floor area, whichever is greater.
    § 17.66.040 · code text
    A home occupation shall not involve the use of more than one room or fifty percent of the ground floor areas of a dwelling unit, whichever is greater.
Businesses not allowed
  • Wholesale, jobbing or retail business, unless conducted entirely by mail and/or telephone
    Applies: Articles produced by members of the immediate family living on the premises may be sold on the premises
    § 17.66.040 · code text
    No wholesale, jobbing, or retail business shall be permitted unless it is conducted entirely by mail and/or telephone; provided, however, that articles produced by the members of the immediate family residing on the premises may be sold upon the premises.
  • animal hospital or kennel; automobile and/or body and fender repairing; barber or beauty shop; business, dance, or music school; doctor or dentist office; mortuary; private club; repair shop or service establishment; restaurant or tourist home
    § 17.66.040 · code text
    In no event shall a home occupation be interpreted to include an animal hospital or kennel; automobile and/or body and fender repairing; barber or beauty shop; business, dance, or music school; doctor or dentist office; mortuary; private club; repair shop or service establishment; or restaurant or tourist home.
Employees
  • No employees. Only a resident of the home may run the business.
    § 17.66.040 · code text
    A home occupation shall be operated and maintained only by a resident of the dwelling in which such home occupation occurs, and, there shall be no employees.
Permit
  • A home occupation permit from the planning director and a city business license are required.
    § 17.66.040 · code text
    Home occupations shall be permitted only after a home occupation permit has been issued by the planning director, and a business license secured from the city finance department.

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Willits limits a home business to one room or 50% of the ground floor, whichever is greater, with no employees.

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