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Running a business from home in Willows

Willows home businesses may use 25% of the dwelling's floor space or 50% of an accessory building; use permit, no other employees.

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Key points

  • Home business: Willows home businesses may use 25% of the dwelling's floor space or 50% of an accessory building; use permit, no other employees.

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

What Willows's code says

Willows code What Willows's code adds
Space used
  • No more than 25% of the home's floor space.
    Applies: Business inside the home.
    § 18.110.070 · code text
    Is confined completely within a legal structure and occupies not more than 25 percent of the floor space of a dwelling or 50 percent of that of an accessory building.
  • No more than 50% of the accessory building's floor space.
    Applies: Business in an accessory building.
    § 18.110.070 · code text
    Is confined completely within a legal structure and occupies not more than 25 percent of the floor space of a dwelling or 50 percent of that of an accessory building.
Employees
  • No other people may be employed.
    Applies: The business is run by the family member living in the home.
    § 18.110.070 · code text
    Is carried on by the member of the family occupying the dwelling with no other persons employed.
Permit
  • A use permit is required.
    Applies: Before a home business starts operating.
    § 18.110.070 · code text
    A home occupation as defined in WMC § 18.25.080 shall be permitted in any residence upon first securing a use permit only if all the following regulations can be met:
Businesses not allowed
  • Sales of merchandise other than that produced on the premises or directly related to and incidental to the services offered
    § 18.110.070 · code text
    Involves no sales of merchandise other than that produced on the premises or directly related to and incidental to the services offered.

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Willows home businesses may use 25% of the dwelling's floor space or 50% of an accessory building; use permit, no other employees.

General information, not legal advice.

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