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Running a business from home in Clovis

City rule: a home business may use at most 25% of the ground floor, with 8 customers a day and no outside employees.

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Key points

  • Home businesses: City rule: a home business may use at most 25% of the ground floor, with 8 customers a day and no outside employees.

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

What Clovis's code says

Clovis code What Clovis's code adds
Space used
  • No more than 25% of the ground floor's gross area.
    Applies: Does not apply to permitted group housing or cottage food businesses allowed by State law.
    § 9.58.060 · code text
    Shall not occupy more than the equivalent of twenty-five percent (25%) of the gross area of the ground level floor, except for permissible group housing and/or cottage food industry consistent with State law;
Customer visits
  • No more than 8 patrons or customers per calendar day.
    Applies: Business done at the home.
    § 9.58.060 · code text
    The transaction of business at the dwelling shall be limited to eight (8) patrons or customers for any calendar day.
  • 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturday, no business on Sunday.
    Applies: Visits and deliveries for the home occupation. Does not apply to permitted group homes allowed by State law.
    § 9.58.060 · code text
    Visitation and deliveries incidental to the home occupation shall be limited to the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturdays, and there shall be no business activity allowed on Sundays, except for permissible group homes which are consistent with State law.
Employees
  • No outside employees. Only people living in the home may work in the business.
    Applies: Does not apply to permitted group housing or cottage food businesses allowed by State law.
    § 9.58.060 · code text
    No outside employees. Only the occupant(s) of the dwelling may be engaged in the home occupation, except for permissible group housing and/or cottage food industry consistent with State law;
Permit
  • A home occupation permit and a current business tax certificate are required.
    Applies: Before the home business starts. Get the tax certificate right after the permit is approved.
    § 9.58.060 · code text
    A home occupation permit shall be applied for and granted in compliance with Chapter 58 of this title before the initiation and operation of a home enterprise.
Businesses not allowed
  • adult business; breeding, grooming, harboring, raising or training of dogs, cats or other animals, including kennels and boarding; carpentry and cabinetmaking (a normal woodworking hobby is not prohibited); construction business (a secondary business office is allowed when the principal office, staff and equipment are elsewhere); dance club/nightclub; food preparation other than cottage food operations authorized under State law; fortune-telling; landscaping business (same secondary-office exception); lawn mower and small engine repair; massage parlors; medical and dental offices, clinics and laboratories; mini-storage; plant nursery (except agriculturally zoned properties in the A, R-R or R-A District); retail sales of merchandise stored or displayed on the property; storage of construction and service trade equipment and materials; tattoo parlors, body piercing and permanent makeup; vehicle repair, upholstery, automobile detailing and painting (mobile minor repair or detailing at the customer's location in a personal, noncommercial vehicle is not prohibited); vehicle sales; welding and machining; yard sales as a commercial business; home occupations that become a nuisance or violate the law; other similar uses the Director finds incompatible
    Applies: Example list of uses prohibited as home occupations
    § 9.58.050 · code text
    The following list presents example commercial uses that are not subordinate to or compatible with residential activities, are suitable only in nonresidential zoning districts, and are therefore prohibited as home occupations:

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