Running a business from home in Yucca Valley

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Space used	Screened outdoor storage is limited to 10% of the lot area. Applies: Class II home occupations. § 9.50.020 · code text screened outdoor storage of material shall be limited to ten percent (10%) of the lot area.
Customer visits	No customers or clients may visit the home. Applies: Class I home occupations. § 9.50.020 · code text No customers or clients shall visit the residence. At most 3 customers or clients per day. Applies: Class II home occupations. § 9.50.020 · code text A maximum of three (3) customers or clientele per day may visit the residence. A single appointment at a time; business trips may average no more than 12 per day each month. Applies: Class III home occupations, RL and R-HR zones only; customers by appointment only. § 9.50.020 · code text Customers may visit the residence and then only by appointment. This is restricted to a single appointment at a time. The monthly average of the total trip count for business activities shall not exceed twelve (12) trips per day in all zoning districts.
Employees	All employees must be resident family members living on the premises. Applies: Class I home occupations. § 9.50.020 · code text All employees shall be members of the resident family and shall reside on the premises. 1 non-resident employee allowed. Applies: Class II home occupations; all other employees must be resident family members living on the premises. § 9.50.020 · code text All employees, except one, shall be members of the resident family and shall reside on the premises. 2 non-resident employees allowed. Applies: Class III home occupations, RL and R-HR zones only; all other employees must be resident family members living on the premises. § 9.50.020 · code text All employees, except two (2), shall be members of the resident family and shall reside on the premises.
Permit	A home occupation permit from the planning division, plus a business registration. Applies: Applies unless the business is exempt from permitting. § 9.50.020 · code text No person shall engage in a home occupation without first obtaining a home occupation permit from the planning division consistent with the requirements of this chapter, unless otherwise exempt. In addition, the operator of the home occupation shall procure a business registration No permit, but a business registration is still required. Applies: Class I home occupations in any residential zone: phone, mail or internet work with no customers, employees or structural changes. § 9.50.020 · code text Class I, Exempt From Permitting: No home occupation permit, but a business registration is still required. Applies: Home businesses with only appointment scheduling or paperwork, no customers at the home, no exterior changes and no outdoor storage. § 9.50.020 · code text no permit is required for home based businesses where no business activity takes place other than the scheduling of appointments or paperwork, there are no customers received at the residence, the exterior of the property is not modified for the business and there is no outdoor storage of materials or vehicles A home occupation permit. Applies: Class II in RS, RL and R-HR zones; the Director may approve without notice or hearing, or refer it to a hearing or the commission. § 9.50.020 · code text may be permitted without notice or a hearing A home occupation permit, with notice and a hearing. Applies: Class III home occupations, RL and R-HR zones only; the commission decides. § 9.50.020 · code text Class III home occupations shall be subject to notice and hearing. A conditional use permit approved by the commission. Applies: Class IV: home occupations that go beyond the Class II or Class III standards. § 9.50.020 · code text Home occupations which may exceed the standards provided in subsection B2 or B3 of this section may be approved subject to the review and approval of a conditional use permit by the commission.

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Yucca Valley Class I home businesses may have no customers; Class II allows 3 a day and 1 non-resident employee, with a permit.

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