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Running a business from home in Livingston

City code limits a home business to one room and one-fourth of the main residence, at most 400 square feet; only residents may work.

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Key points

Home businesses: City code limits a home business to one room and one-fourth of the main residence, at most 400 square feet; only residents may work.

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

What Livingston's code says

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Space used	No more than 1 room. Applies: Inside the home or an accessory building. § 5-5-2 · code text The home occupation use shall be confined to one room within the dwelling unit or accessory building. No more than 1/4 of the main home's floor area, and never over 400 square feet. § 5-5-2 · code text The floor area used for such occupation shall not exceed one-fourth of the floor area of the main residence, and shall not be more than 400 square feet in any case. More than 1 room may be used. Applies: A person with a severe impairment or disability as defined by state law, if the home occupation is otherwise approved. § 5-5-2 · code text Use of more than one room in the dwelling.
Customer visits	Instruction must be one on one. Applies: Instruction allowed as a home occupation. § 5-5-2 · code text Any instruction permitted under this section shall be restricted to a one on one basis.
Employees	No one who does not live at the home may be employed. § 5-5-2 · code text Such occupation shall be conducted entirely by resident occupants; and no person not a resident of the premises shall be employed in connection therewith. Up to 1 employee who does not live in the home. Applies: A person with a severe impairment or disability as defined by state law, if the home occupation is otherwise approved. § 5-5-2 · code text Employment of a maximum of one person who does not reside in the dwelling unit; and
Permit	A home occupation permit from the Planning Department is required. § 5-5-2 · code text The conduct of a home occupation shall be subject to securing a home occupation permit from the Planning Department in accordance with the provisions of this section.
Businesses not allowed	Beauty parlors, barbershops or any similar service enterprise; body art establishments; medical, dental and chiropractic clinics and offices; medicinal marijuana dispensaries; commercial photography studios; noncompliant music, dancing, business, sewing or other schools; real estate, astrology and palm reading offices or enterprises; repair or conditioning of major household appliances and lawn mowers, including all small engine repair; sale of firearms or ammunition; uses that do not meet subsection (A) regulations; repair, manufacture, processing or alteration of goods, materials or objects, including upholstering; harboring, training or raising of dogs, cats, birds or other animals; and vehicle painting, repair and/or body and fender work § 5-5-2 · code text The following uses are not permitted as home occupations:

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City code limits a home business to one room and one-fourth of the main residence, at most 400 square feet; only residents may work.

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