Skip to content

Beverly Hills · Building on your lot

Running a business from home in Beverly Hills

In residential zones, Beverly Hills does not allow home businesses such as vehicle repair, restaurants, transient lodging or manufacturing, with listed exceptions.

Key points

  • Home business: In residential zones, Beverly Hills does not allow home businesses such as vehicle repair, restaurants, transient lodging or manufacturing, with listed exceptions.

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

What Beverly Hills's code says

Beverly Hills code What Beverly Hills's code adds
Businesses not allowed
  • Repair, servicing, alteration, assembly, upholstery, or construction of any automobile or other motor vehicle
    Applies: residential zone
    § 10-3-4302 · code text
    Repair, servicing, alteration, assembly, upholstery, or construction of any automobile or other motor vehicle as defined in the California Vehicle Code;
  • Any hotel use or any other transient lodging use for compensation or benefit of any kind, including bed and breakfast inns, hostels, hotels, or similar operations
    Applies: residential zone
    § 10-3-4302 · code text
    Any hotel use or any other transient lodging use for compensation or benefit of any kind, including, but not limited to, the operation of bed and breakfast inns, hostels, hotels, or any similar operation;
  • Restaurant
    Applies: residential zone; exception for a restaurant or caterer that delivers goods or services to a residential site, has a principal place of business outside any residential zone, and conducts no administrative or processing function within a residential zone
    § 10-3-4302 · code text
    Restaurant, excluding a restaurant or caterer that delivers goods or services to a residential site, has a principal place of business outside of any residential zone, and conducts no administrative or processing function within a residential zone;
  • Caterer without a permit from the director of building and safety approving its equipment
    Applies: residential zone
    § 10-3-4302 · code text
    Caterer, unless a permit shall have first been obtained from the director of building and safety approving any equipment to be installed and operated in connection with the catering business;
  • Rental of any residence or portion thereof for parties, banquets, auctions, or similar activities
    Applies: residential zone; exception for nonprofit or charity functions limited to one time per quarter and no more than four times in any twelve-month period
    § 10-3-4302 · code text
    Rental of any residence, or any portion thereof, for events or activities such as parties, banquets, auctions, or similar activities, except in connection with nonprofit and/or charity functions, provided such nonprofit or charity functions are limited to one time per quarter not to exceed four (4) times in any twelve (12) month period;
  • Any activity producing biohazardous or medical waste
    Applies: residential zone
    § 10-3-4302 · code text
    Any activity that would produce biohazardous or medical waste, as those terms are defined in the California Health and Safety Code, or involves the storage of materials in a manner that would result in a change in the occupancy classification of a residential structure under the city's building code, mechanical code, fire code or plumbing code, or that would otherwise violate any building or fire code or other law;
  • Any activity involving storage of materials that changes the occupancy classification of a residential structure or violates building, fire, or other law
    Applies: residential zone
    § 10-3-4302 · code text
    Any activity that would produce biohazardous or medical waste, as those terms are defined in the California Health and Safety Code, or involves the storage of materials in a manner that would result in a change in the occupancy classification of a residential structure under the city's building code, mechanical code, fire code or plumbing code, or that would otherwise violate any building or fire code or other law;
  • Any nonresidential use prohibited in the C-3 zone
    Applies: residential zone
    § 10-3-4302 · code text
    Conduct any use, other than a residential use, prohibited in the C-3 zone;
  • Any use conditionally permitted in the C-3 zone
    Applies: residential zone
    § 10-3-4302 · code text
    Conduct any use conditionally permitted in the C-3 zone;
  • Manufacturing
    Applies: residential zone; exception for artists, authors or composers; dressmakers, seamstresses, or tailors; and home crafts using tools and equipment commonly available for personal residential use
    § 10-3-4302 · code text
    Manufacturing, excluding activities or occupation such as: 1) artists, authors or composers; 2) dressmakers, seamstresses, or tailors; and 3) home crafts, including, without limitation, model making, rug weaving, quilting, needle work, jewelry making, woodworking, and other similar activities which are consistent with the primary use of the dwelling as a residence, provide that such activities are limited to the use of tools and equipment commonly available for personal residential use;
  • Single-family transient uses and multi-family transient uses
    Applies: residential zone, including use of any residence, accessory dwelling unit, accessory structure, pool, game court, yard, or other residential-property feature
    § 10-3-4302 · code text
    Single-family transient uses and multi-family transient uses, as defined in 10-3-100 of this chapter, including the use of any residence, accessory dwelling unit, accessory structure, or any other feature or portion of a residential property including but not limited to pools, game courts, and yards.

Who this affects

HomeownersContractorsDesigners

Frequently asked questions

Can I run a business from my home in Beverly Hills?

In residential zones, Beverly Hills does not allow home businesses such as vehicle repair, restaurants, transient lodging or manufacturing, with listed exceptions.

General information, not legal advice.

Ask about a specific Beverly Hills property

Ask GoCodebook how Beverly Hills's running a business from home rules apply to your situation and get an answer that cites the section.

Ask your question

More on building on your lot in Beverly Hills