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Running a business from home in Seaside

A home business may use 25% of the ground floor; 1 client at a time, 8 vehicle trips a day; only residents may work.

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Key points

Home businesses: A home business may use 25% of the ground floor; 1 client at a time, 8 vehicle trips a day; only residents may work.

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

What Seaside's code says

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Space used	No more than 25% of the gross interior floor area of the ground floor. Applies: All business activity must be inside the main home. § 17.52.120 · code text All home occupation activities shall be confined within the primary dwelling, which shall not occupy more than 25 percent of the gross interior floor area of the ground floor.
Customer visits	No more than 8 vehicle trips per day. Applies: For clients, customers, visitors and service visits, including deliveries and pick-ups of stock. § 17.52.120 · code text The home occupation shall be operated so as to not require more than eight vehicle trips per day of clients, customers, visitors, and/or service visits (including deliveries or pick-up of stock-in-trade) to the residence. Only 1 client or family on site at a time. § 17.52.120 · code text On-site presence of clients or customers shall be limited to one client or family at a time, and only between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Clients and customers may be on site only between 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. § 17.52.120 · code text On-site presence of clients or customers shall be limited to one client or family at a time, and only between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Employees	No on-site employees other than full-time residents of the home. § 17.52.120 · code text A home occupation shall have no on-site employees other than full-time residents of the dwelling.
Permit	A city Home Occupation Permit and a Business License are required. § 17.52.120 · code text A home occupation shall require City approval of a Home Occupation Permit and a Business License.
Businesses not allowed	Adult entertainment activities/businesses; animal hospitals and boarding facilities; automotive and other vehicle repair and service; contractor storage facilities and other storage yards; dismantling, junk, or scrap yards; fitness/health facilities, except one-on-one personal trainers may be allowed; medical clinics, laboratories, or doctors’ offices; personal services, except licensed massage therapy and physical therapy may be allowed; on-site sales, except mail order businesses may be allowed under stated conditions; uses requiring explosives or highly combustible or toxic materials; welding and machine shop operations; wood cutting businesses; and other uses the Director determines to be similar § 17.52.120 · code text The following are examples of business activities that are not incidental to or compatible with residential activities and are therefore prohibited as home occupations:

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A home business may use 25% of the ground floor; 1 client at a time, 8 vehicle trips a day; only residents may work.

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