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Running a business from home in Citrus Heights

At most 20% or 400 sq ft of habitable floor area, whichever is greater; 1 employee on-site at a time, not counting full-time residents.

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Home businesses: At most 20% or 400 sq ft of habitable floor area, whichever is greater; 1 employee on-site at a time, not counting full-time residents.

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What Citrus Heights's code says

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Space used	No more than 20% or 400 square feet of the main home's habitable floor area, whichever is greater. Applies: Area used in the main home or an accessory structure. § 106.42.100 · code text The home occupation may be conducted in the primary dwelling or an accessory structure on the subject property provided that the area does not exceed 20 percent or 400 square feet of the habitable floor area of the primary dwelling, whichever is greater.
Customer visits	No more than 2 business visitors per hour. Applies: Only between 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. § 106.42.100 · code text The home occupation shall be operated so as to not require more than two business visitors per hour, not to exceed a total of eight business visitors per day, only between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.; No more than 8 business visitors per day. Applies: Only between 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. § 106.42.100 · code text The home occupation shall be operated so as to not require more than two business visitors per hour, not to exceed a total of eight business visitors per day, only between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.; No more than 4 clients on the site at the same time. Applies: Tutoring or instruction. The daily client limits still apply. § 106.42.100 · code text except that in the case of tutoring or instruction (e.g., academic subjects, arts and crafts, music, swimming, etc.), a maximum of four clients are allowed on the site at the same time, subject to the limitations of this Section on the total number of clients per day.
Employees	No more than 1 employee on-site at any one time. Applies: Full-time residents of the home do not count. More than 1 on-site at a time needs a Minor Use Permit. § 106.42.100 · code text A home occupation shall have no more than one employee on-site at any one time, or more than one employee reporting to work in any given day, not including the full-time residents of the dwelling. No more than 1 employee reporting to work in any given day. Applies: Full-time residents of the home do not count. § 106.42.100 · code text A home occupation shall have no more than one employee on-site at any one time, or more than one employee reporting to work in any given day, not including the full-time residents of the dwelling.
Permit	A city business license is required. § 106.42.100 · code text A home occupation shall comply with the City's Business License requirements. A general business license is required. Applies: Unless the business is specifically exempt elsewhere in the business license chapter. § 22-70 · code text Unless specifically exempt elsewhere in this chapter, a general business license shall be required for any business or activity operated or conducted as a home occupation, as home occupation is defined by the city's zoning code. A valid, unrevoked CAMTC certificate and a home occupation business license are required. Applies: Massage therapy run as a home occupation. § 22-650 · code text It shall be unlawful to conduct massage therapy as a home occupation massage therapist without obtaining a valid and unrevoked CAMTC certificate and a home occupation business license pursuant to this Code.
Businesses not allowed	Adult entertainment activities/businesses; animal hospitals and boarding facilities; automotive and other vehicle repair and service (body or mechanical), painting, storage, or upholstery, or the repair, reconditioning, servicing, or manufacture of any vehicle engine or motor vehicle; commercial cabinet or furniture making and similar uses; contractor's and other storage yards; dismantling, junk, or scrap yards; fitness/health facilities except those allowed; manufacturing except those allowed; medical clinics and laboratories; on-site sales other than artist originals produced on site, except mail order businesses where there is no stock-in-trade on the site; personal services except those allowed, and all restricted personal services; tattooing, branding, body art, including body piercing, or application of permanent cosmetics; uses involving explosives or highly combustible or toxic materials, including ammunition reloading; welding and machine shop operations; other uses the Director determines to be similar § 106.42.100 · code text The following are examples of business activities that are not incidental to or compatible with residential activities, and are, therefore, prohibited as home occupations:

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At most 20% or 400 sq ft of habitable floor area, whichever is greater; 1 employee on-site at a time, not counting full-time residents.

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