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Running a business from home in Woodland

Home businesses may use no more than 25% of the home's livable area or 500 square feet, whichever is less.

Key points

  • Home businesses: Home businesses may use no more than 25% of the home's livable area or 500 square feet, whichever is less.

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

What Woodland's code says

Woodland code What Woodland's code adds
Space used
  • No more than 25% of the home's livable area or 500 square feet, whichever is less.
    § 17.84.200 · code text
    the area does not exceed 25% of the total livable area or 500 square feet (including inside storage areas), whichever is less.
Customer visits
  • No customer or client visits.
    Applies: Except for personal instruction services.
    § 17.84.200 · code text
    No customer or client visits are permitted except for personal instruction services (e.g., musical instruction or training, art lessons, academic tutoring).
  • No more than 1 client per hour.
    Applies: Personal instruction services; all clients and patrons combined.
    § 17.84.200 · code text
    The combined number of clients/patrons that can attend the residence is limited to no more than one per hour, with a maximum of eight per day.
  • No more than 8 clients per day.
    Applies: Personal instruction services; all clients and patrons combined.
    § 17.84.200 · code text
    The combined number of clients/patrons that can attend the residence is limited to no more than one per hour, with a maximum of eight per day.
  • No more than 3 clients or students at any one time.
    Applies: Personal instruction services.
    § 17.84.200 · code text
    There may be no more than three clients/students at any one time.
Employees
  • 1 full-time equivalent employee who does not live in the home is allowed.
    § 17.84.200 · code text
    A home occupation may employ one full-time equivalent employee other than the residents of the dwelling.
Permit
  • A Zoning Clearance is required for each home business.
    § 17.84.200 · code text
    A Zoning Clearance is required for each home occupation, pursuant to § 17.100.030, Zoning Clearance.
Businesses not allowed
  • Display or sale of products or merchandise from the site, except by mail, telephone, Internet, or other mode of electronic communication
    Applies: Sales by mail, telephone, Internet or other electronic means are allowed; also allowed as a permitted cottage food operation
    § 17.84.200 · code text
    Home occupations involving the display or sale of products or merchandise are not permitted from the site except by mail, telephone, Internet, or other mode of electronic communication, unless permitted per Cottage Food Preparation as provided in subsection F, Cottage Food Operations.
  • Uses involving hazardous materials
    Applies: Hazardous materials of a type or quantity not normally associated with residential uses
    § 17.84.200 · code text
    Such prohibited uses include those which involve the use of hazardous materials and uses which entail the harboring, training, or raising of animals beyond the standards of § 17.84.080, Animal Keeping.
  • Uses that harbor, train or raise animals beyond the Animal Keeping standards (§ 17.84.080)
    § 17.84.200 · code text
    Such prohibited uses include those which involve the use of hazardous materials and uses which entail the harboring, training, or raising of animals beyond the standards of § 17.84.080, Animal Keeping.

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Home businesses may use no more than 25% of the home's livable area or 500 square feet, whichever is less.

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