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Running a business from home in Fillmore

Fillmore does not allow some home businesses, including adult businesses, animal grooming or breeding, carpentry, massage parlors and medical offices. Fillmore also bans vehicle repair, detailing and painting at home, and welding; mobile minor repair or detailing at the customer's location is not banned.

Key points

  • Banned businesses: Fillmore does not allow some home businesses, including adult businesses, animal grooming or breeding, carpentry, massage parlors and medical offices.
  • Vehicle work: Fillmore also bans vehicle repair, detailing and painting at home, and welding; mobile minor repair or detailing at the customer's location is not banned.

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

What Fillmore's code says

Fillmore code What Fillmore's code adds
Businesses not allowed
  • Adult business
    § 6.04.5415 · code text
    1. Adult business;
  • Businesses which entail the harboring, training, breeding, raising, or grooming of dogs, cats, or other animals on the premises
    § 6.04.5415 · code text
    2. Businesses which entail the harboring, training, breeding, raising, or grooming of dogs, cats, or other animals on the premises;
  • Carpentry and cabinet making
    § 6.04.5415 · code text
    3. Carpentry and cabinet making;
  • Dance club/night club
    § 6.04.5415 · code text
    4. Dance club/night club;
  • Fortune telling (psychic)
    § 6.04.5415 · code text
    5. Fortune telling (psychic);
  • Massage parlor
    § 6.04.5415 · code text
    6. Massage parlor;
  • Medical and dental offices, clinics, and laboratories
    § 6.04.5415 · code text
    7. Medical and dental offices, clinics, and laboratories;
  • Mini-storage
    § 6.04.5415 · code text
    8. Mini-storage;
  • Plant nursery
    § 6.04.5415 · code text
    9. Plant nursery;
  • Vehicle repair (body or mechanical), upholstery, automobile detailing (i.e., washing, waxing, etc.) and painting
    Applies: Mobile minor repair or detailing at the customer's location is not prohibited
    § 6.04.5415 · code text
    10. Vehicle repair (body or mechanical), upholstery, automobile detailing (i.e., washing, waxing, etc.) and painting. (This does not prohibit "mobile" minor repair or detailing at the customer's location);
  • Welding and machining
    § 6.04.5415 · code text
    11. Welding and machining;

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Can I run a business from my home in Fillmore?

Fillmore does not allow some home businesses, including adult businesses, animal grooming or breeding, carpentry, massage parlors and medical offices. Fillmore also bans vehicle repair, detailing and painting at home, and welding; mobile minor repair or detailing at the customer's location is not banned.

General information, not legal advice.

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