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Running a business from home in Buena Park

Buena Park home businesses may use at most one room, not a garage or accessory building; only occupants of the dwelling may work there.

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Key points

  • Home business: Buena Park home businesses may use at most one room, not a garage or accessory building; only occupants of the dwelling may work there.

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

What Buena Park's code says

Buena Park code What Buena Park's code adds
Space used
  • No more than 1 room of the home.
    Applies: Garages and accessory buildings may not be used.
    § 19.448.060 · code text
    The space occupied by home occupations shall be limited to no more than one room in a dwelling unit.
Customer visits
  • The business may bring no car or foot traffic.
    Applies: Except one-on-one tutoring or music lessons (not amplified, no percussion) for children 18 or younger.
    § 19.348.030 · code text
    No vehicular or pedestrian traffic shall be generated by the home occupation with the exception of one-on-one tutoring or musical instrument training (non-amplified, no percussion) for children 18-years of age or younger shall be permitted.
Employees
  • Only the people who live in the home.
    § 19.448.060 · code text
    Employment in a home occupation shall be limited to the occupants of the dwelling unit.
Permit
  • Exempt from the city business license fee after a written application to the city council.
    Applies: Home business with no employees, ad signs or regular paid ads, retail sales tax permit or trucks; not named in the license chapter.
    § 5.00.240 · code text
    shall be exempt from the payment of a license or fee under the provisions of this chapter
Businesses not allowed
  • sales at the home other than by mail, telephone, or internet
    § 19.448.060 · code text
    Any sales activity shall be conducted only by mail, telephone, or internet.

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Buena Park home businesses may use at most one room, not a garage or accessory building; only occupants of the dwelling may work there.

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