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Running a business from home in Biggs

Biggs minor home businesses use less than 20% of the home with no regular client visits; major ones less than 30%, with 1 non-resident.

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Key points

  • Home business: Biggs minor home businesses use less than 20% of the home with no regular client visits; major ones less than 30%, with 1 non-resident.

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

What Biggs's code says

Biggs code What Biggs's code adds
Space used
  • Less than 30% of the home's gross floor area, counting space in accessory buildings.
    Applies: Major home businesses, unless the business is wholly inside a legal, conforming accessory structure.
    § 14.150.040 · code text
    The total floor area used for the home occupation, including area within accessory buildings, shall be less than 30 percent of the gross floor area of the dwelling unit or shall be wholly contained within a legal and conforming accessory structure;
  • Less than 20% of the home's gross floor area, counting space in accessory buildings.
    Applies: Minor home businesses.
    § 14.150.030 · code text
    The total floor area used for the home occupation, including area within accessory buildings, shall be less than 20 percent of the gross floor area of the dwelling unit.
Customer visits
  • Customer and client visits may not exceed the reasonable, typical level for the neighborhood.
    Applies: Major home businesses.
    § 14.150.040 · code text
    Customer and client visits shall not exceed reasonable and typical visitation levels within the surrounding neighborhood;
  • No regular client or customer visits.
    Applies: Minor home businesses.
    § 14.150.030 · code text
    There shall be no regular client or customer visits.
Employees
  • Only people who live in the home, plus up to 1 other person.
    Applies: Major home businesses.
    § 14.150.040 · code text
    Employment shall be limited to persons residing on the premises, plus up to one additional person;
  • Only people who live in the home.
    Applies: Minor home businesses.
    § 14.150.030 · code text
    Employment shall be limited to persons residing on the premises.

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Biggs minor home businesses use less than 20% of the home with no regular client visits; major ones less than 30%, with 1 non-resident.

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