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Running a business from home in Pittsburg

A home occupation may use at most 20 percent of the dwelling's floor area and 10 percent of the site; only residents may work.

Key points

  • Home business size: A home occupation may use at most 20 percent of the dwelling's floor area and 10 percent of the site; only residents may work.

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

What Pittsburg's code says

Pittsburg code What Pittsburg's code adds
Space used
  • No more than 20% of the home's total floor area.
    Applies: The part of the home used for the business.
    § 18.50.405 · code text
    Not more than 20 percent of the total floor area of the dwelling or 10 percent of the site may be used in conjunction with the home occupation;
  • No more than 10% of the site.
    Applies: The part of the site used for the business.
    § 18.50.405 · code text
    Not more than 20 percent of the total floor area of the dwelling or 10 percent of the site may be used in conjunction with the home occupation;
Customer visits
  • No services to customers or clients at the home.
    Applies: Educational services that cause no more noise or traffic than is normal for the area are the exception.
    § 18.50.405 · code text
    The primary function of the home occupation will not necessitate providing services to customers or clients within or on the site of the dwelling unit.
Employees
  • Only a resident of the home may work in the business.
    § 18.50.405 · code text
    Only a resident of the dwelling unit may be engaged or employed in the home occupation;
Permit
  • A home occupation permit is required.
    Applies: Home businesses as an accessory use of a home in an R district.
    § 18.50.400 · code text
    A home occupation is permitted in an R district as an accessory use for a dwelling unit upon the issuance of a home occupation permit.
  • A home occupation or zoning administrator approval is required for each business.
    Applies: More than 1 home business in a home. Each one is a separate business.
    § 18.50.420 · code text
    More than one home occupation may be located in a dwelling unit but each use is considered a separate business and must obtain a home occupation or zoning administrator approval.
Businesses not allowed
  • repair, manufacture, processing, or alteration of goods, materials, objects, or equipment
    Applies: on a commercial basis at the dwelling; dressmaking, tailoring, arts and crafts and artistic works for off-site sale are allowed if no equipment or process has an adverse impact on the neighborhood; clerical, graphic, computer-generated or administrative products are not excluded
    § 18.50.415 · code text
    The repair, manufacture, processing, or alteration of goods, materials, objects, or equipment.
  • food handling, processing, or packing
    Applies: except as permitted under Health and Safety Code Section 113758 as a cottage food operation
    § 18.50.415 · code text
    A use involving food handling, processing, or packing, except as permitted under Health and Safety Code Section 113758 as a cottage food operation;
  • harboring, training, or raising animals
    Applies: except breeding and selling no more than two litters or broods of domestic animals in any calendar year
    § 18.50.415 · code text
    Harboring, training, or raising animals, with the exception of the breeding and selling of no more than two litters or broods of domestic animals in any calendar year;
  • major or minor vehicle equipment repair or painting, including off-site mobile services
    Applies: windshield or glass repair and minor dent removal are permitted subject to stated conditions
    § 18.50.415 · code text
    Either major or minor vehicle equipment repair or painting, including off-site mobile services.
  • sale or servicing of firearms or ammunition
    § 18.50.415 · code text
    Sale or servicing of firearms or ammunition;
  • automobile washing and detailing, including off-site mobile services
    § 18.50.415 · code text
    Automobile washing and detailing, including off-site mobile services.

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A home occupation may use at most 20 percent of the dwelling's floor area and 10 percent of the site; only residents may work.

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