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Running a business from home in Murrieta

Murrieta home businesses need a city business license, may have at most 1 non-resident employee, and see 1 customer per 2 hours.

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Home businesses: Murrieta home businesses need a city business license, may have at most 1 non-resident employee, and see 1 customer per 2 hours.

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What Murrieta's code says

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Space used	No more than 125 cubic feet of indoor storage. Applies: Goods or supplies stored in no more than 1 room of the home and/or the attached garage. § 16.60.050 · code text Limited indoor storage of goods or supplies (125 cubic feet maximum) may take place within no more than one room of the dwelling and/or in the attached garage
Customer visits	No more than 1 customer or vendor at one time. Applies: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday; no more than 1 customer or vendor in any 2-hour period. § 16.60.050 · code text Home occupations may have a maximum of one customer or vendor on the premises at any one time, between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. No more than 6 non-resident students at one time. Applies: Tutoring in music, academics, dance, swimming or tennis at a home. § 16.60.050 · code text Home occupations involving tutoring students in music, academics, dance swimming or tennis at a residence may have a maximum of six non-resident students at any one time, and no more than 18 non-resident students during any one day. No more than 18 non-resident students in one day. Applies: Tutoring in music, academics, dance, swimming or tennis at a home. § 16.60.050 · code text Home occupations involving tutoring students in music, academics, dance swimming or tennis at a residence may have a maximum of six non-resident students at any one time, and no more than 18 non-resident students during any one day. No more than 1 customer at one time. Applies: Animal sitting or grooming done entirely indoors; 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday; no more than 1 customer per 2 hours. § 16.60.050 · code text Grooming services shall be limited to one customer on the premises at any one time, between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday with no more than one customer within a 2-hour time period.
Employees	The residents plus no more than 1 non-resident employee. § 16.60.050 · code text The residents of the dwelling unit, and no more than one non-resident employee, may be engaged in the home occupation.
Permit	Yes. A city business license must be approved before the business starts. § 16.60.050 · code text No person shall commence or carry on a home occupation/cottage food operation without first having received approval of a city business license.
Businesses not allowed	Automotive or other vehicle repair (body or mechanical); welding or machining; medical clinics or labs; animal hospitals, kennels and grooming facilities (animal sitting or grooming may be permitted when conducted entirely indoors); uses that require explosives or highly combustible or toxic materials § 16.60.050 · code text Notwithstanding the provisions above, the following uses are prohibited:

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