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Running a business from home in Fortuna

Fortuna allows home businesses using up to 25% of the floor area, with resident family members as the only workers.

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Key points

  • Home businesses: Fortuna allows home businesses using up to 25% of the floor area, with resident family members as the only workers.

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

What Fortuna's code says

Fortuna code What Fortuna's code adds
Space used
  • The business may use no more than 25% of the building's floor area.
    § 17.06.071 · code text
    The space utilized for a home occupation shall not exceed 25 percent of the floor area of the structure.
Employees
  • Only members of the family living in the home may be employed.
    § 17.06.071 · code text
    No person other than a member of the resident family shall be employed in a home occupation.
Permit
  • Allowed as an accessory use to any residential use, if it meets the performance standards.
    § 17.06.071 · code text
    Home occupations, as defined in FMC § 17.08.270, shall be permitted as accessory uses to any residential use, providing the use conforms and will continue to conform to the following performance standards.
Businesses not allowed
  • Automobile work or repair; rebuilding of automobile parts; cabinetmaking; firewood sales/storage; care, treatment, boarding, or breeding of animals; barbershop or beauty shop; antique shop, secondhand store, or similar retail use; teaching of organized classes totaling more than six persons at one time
    § 17.06.071 · code text
    The following activities and similar activities shall not in any case qualify as a home occupation:

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Fortuna allows home businesses using up to 25% of the floor area, with resident family members as the only workers.

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