Running a business from home in Buellton: the local rules

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

What Buellton's code says

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Space used	No more than 1 room of the home, not counting garages. Applies: Artist studios are not held to this limit. § 19.06.100 · code text A home occupation shall be conducted within not more than one room of the dwelling not including garages, except for artist studios;
Customer visits	No more than 5 customers, patients, clients, students or other people at one time. Applies: On the premises. § 19.06.100 · code text There shall be no more than five customers, patients, clients, students, or other persons served by the occupation upon the premises at any one time;
Employees	None. Only the people who live in the home may work there for the business. § 19.06.100 · code text No employees other than the dwelling occupants shall be permitted on the premises for business purposes;
Permit	Yes. A home occupation application and zoning clearance are needed before the business starts. § 19.06.100 · code text Prior to the commencement of any type of occupation in the home, a home occupation application shall be submitted to the planning department. A minor use permit. Applies: Home businesses that do not meet all the standard home occupation rules. § 19.06.100 · code text Home occupations not consistent with all provisions of subsection (A) may be approved through minor use permit (Section 19.08.110);
Businesses not allowed	appliance, radio or television repair; barber or beauty shop; carpentry or cabinet making; child care of more than six children or instruction for more than three school-aged children or adults (not counting residents of the home); gun or ammunition sales, including by mail order; medical offices or clinics; print shop; welding or machining Applies: Not permitted as standard home occupations; a nonstandard home occupation may be approved through a minor use permit § 19.06.100 · code text The following uses by their operation or nature may interfere with residential welfare and diminish the convenience intended for commercial zones, and therefore shall not be permitted as home occupations:

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Home businesses use no more than 1 room (artist studios excepted), allow no more than 5 visitors at a time, and no outside employees.

Running a business from home in Buellton

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