Running a business from home in Winters: the local rules

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

What Winters's code says

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Space used	No more than 15% of the home's gross floor area. Applies: Up to a maximum of 400 square feet. § 17.60.080 · code text No more than fifteen (15) percent of the dwelling's gross floor area, to a maximum of four hundred (400) square feet, may be used in connection with the home occupation.
Customer visits	On average no more than 4 customers or deliveries a day, and no more than 6 on any one day. § 17.60.080 · code text a home occupation may have no more than an average of four customers and/or deliveries to the residence per day, not to exceed a maximum of six customers and/or deliveries to the residence on any one day.
Employees	Only residents of the home may be employed. § 17.60.080 · code text Only the residents of the dwelling may be employed by the home occupation.
Permit	The zoning administrator may conditionally approve a home business. § 17.60.080 · code text A use which is clearly incidental and secondary to the residential use of the dwelling may be conditionally approved by the zoning administrator, provided that: A business license fee must be paid. Applies: Home businesses with gross receipts over $1,000. § 5.04.330 · code text Home occupations whose gross receipts exceed one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars shall pay a license fee as, provided in Section 5.04.220.
Businesses not allowed	repair, manufacturing, or processing (not including handicraft, millinery and laundering); food handling, processing, or packing; harboring, training, or raising of dogs, cats, birds, or other animals; automobile and/or body and fender repairing; barber shops, beauty parlors, music schools, dancing schools, business schools, or schools of any kind with organized classes; uses hazardous to public health and safety or creating objectionable noise or odors § 17.60.080 · code text The following uses are not permitted as home occupations:

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Winters home businesses: 15% of the home, at most 400 sq ft; no more than an average of 4 customers or deliveries daily.

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