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Running a business from home in Yucaipa

Yucaipa home businesses need a permit, and all employees must be resident family members living on the premises; motor vehicle repair is not allowed.

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Home business: Yucaipa home businesses need a permit, and all employees must be resident family members living on the premises; motor vehicle repair is not allowed.

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What Yucaipa's code says

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Space used	Up to 25% of the floor area of the home and accessory structures, or 250 square feet, whichever is greater. Applies: Storage of materials and supplies for a home occupation. § 84.0615 · code text Up to 25% or 250 square feet, whichever is greater, of the total floor area of the dwelling unit and related accessory structures, may be used for storage of materials and supplies related to the home occupation. Up to 35% of the floor area of the home and accessory structures, or 500 square feet, whichever is greater. Applies: Cottage industries on lots of at least 1 acre in districts requiring at least 2.5-acre lots; storage of materials, supplies and equipment. § 84.0615 · code text Up to 35% of the total floor area of the dwelling unit and related accessory structures or 500 square feet, whichever is greater, of the home may be used for storage of materials, supplies, and equipment related to the cottage industry.
Customer visits	Direct sales are limited to 7 customers per week. Applies: Cottage industries on lots of at least 1 acre in districts requiring at least 2.5-acre lots. § 84.0615 · code text Direct sales of products or merchandise shall be limited to seven customers per week.
Employees	All employees, partners and operators must be resident family members living on the premises. Applies: Home occupations in land use districts that allow residential uses. § 84.0615 · code text All employees, partners, or operators of the home occupation shall be members of the resident family and shall reside on the premises. All employees, partners and operators except 2 must be resident family members living on the premises. Applies: Cottage industries on lots of at least 1 acre in residential districts with a minimum lot area of 2.5 acres or more. § 84.0615 · code text All employees, partners, or operators of the home occupation, except two, shall be members of the resident family and shall reside on the premises.
Permit	A Home Occupation Permit is required. § 84.0615 · code text Home occupations and cottage industries shall be permitted as accessory uses to a residential land use, subject to a Home Occupation Permit and to the following conditions.
Businesses not allowed	Motor vehicle repair or service § 84.0615 · code text Motor vehicle repair or service will not be allowed as a home occupation use.

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