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Running a business from home in Baldwin Park

Baldwin Park home businesses other than cottage food need a permit, may use at most 150 square feet, and may employ only residents.

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Key points

  • Home business: Baldwin Park home businesses other than cottage food need a permit, may use at most 150 square feet, and may employ only residents.

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

What Baldwin Park's code says

Baldwin Park code What Baldwin Park's code adds
Space used
  • No more than 150 square feet of the home's floor space.
    Applies: Home businesses other than cottage food operations.
    § 153.120.270 · code text
    Not more than 150 square feet of floor space of the dwelling shall be devoted to the home occupation.
  • 30% of the home's floor area, not counting the garage, or the area the Department permits, whichever is less.
    Applies: Cottage food operations.
    § 153.120.270 · code text
    Thirty percent (30%) of the floor area of the dwelling excluding the garage area;
Employees
  • Only people who live on the lot may be regularly employed.
    Applies: Home businesses other than cottage food operations.
    § 153.120.270 · code text
    No one other than persons residing on the lot where the home occupation is located may be regularly employed in such occupation.
  • Only 1 employee, paid or unpaid.
    Applies: Cottage food operations. Family or household members of the operator do not count.
    § 153.120.270 · code text
    Only one employee, paid or unpaid, shall be permitted. This shall not include family members or a household member of the cottage food operator.
Permit
  • A home occupation permit is required, plus all other required licenses and permits.
    Applies: Home businesses that are not cottage food operations.
    § 153.120.260 · code text
    To establish a home occupation which does not fall within the meaning of cottage food operation as defined by § 153.220.040, a "home occupation permit" shall be obtained from the Business License Department, in addition to all other required licenses and permits.
  • A cottage food operation permit and fee are required, plus all other required licenses and permits.
    Applies: Home businesses that are cottage food operations.
    § 153.120.260 · code text
    To establish a home occupation which falls within the meaning of cottage food operation as defined by § 153.220.040, a "cottage food operation permit" shall be obtained from the Business License Department upon payment of a fee as set forth from time to time by resolution of the City Council, in addition to all other required licenses and permits.

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