Running a business from home in Lompoc: the local rules

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

What Lompoc's code says

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Space used	The business must be entirely inside the home. § 17.404.110 · code text The home occupation shall be located entirely within a residence;
Customer visits	No customers on the premises. Applies: All home occupations except cottage food businesses. § 17.404.110 · code text There shall be no customers of the business or sales of products on the premises; Up to 2 customers on-site at one time. Applies: Class A cottage food operations making direct sales. § 17.404.110 · code text Class A CFOs are allowed to engage in direct sale, including up to two customers on-site at one time.
Employees	No employees other than household members. Applies: All home occupations except cottage food businesses. § 17.404.110 · code text There shall be no employees in connection with the home occupation, within the home at any time, including before or after the work day, other than a member of the resident household; 1 full-time equivalent employee, not counting family or household members. Applies: Cottage food operations. § 17.404.110 · code text There may be one full-time equivalent employee (not counting family members or household members).
Permit	An Administrative Use Permit and a business tax certificate are required. § 17.404.110 · code text A home occupation requires the approval of an Administrative Use Permit consistent with Chapter 17.508 and a business tax certificate consistent with Title 5 (Business Licenses and Regulations).
Businesses not allowed	Teaching of organized classes; banks and financial institutions; pet day care for more than four household pets; treatment or boarding of animals for profit; noncompliant food handling, processing, or packing; on-site vehicle-related uses; on-site retail sales, except retail sales consistent with the Cottage Food Industry Operations provisions; funeral and interment services; transient habitation, except allowed bed and breakfast inns; eating and drinking places; laundry and dry cleaning services; communication facilities; businesses involving hazardous materials unless approved by the Fire Chief; adult businesses; any use not allowed in the applicable zone § 17.404.110 · code text The following activities are not allowed as a home occupation:

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A home business must be entirely within the residence, with no customers or employees except for cottage food operations.

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