Hollywood, FL Business Licensing & Operations: Auto Repair on Residential Property (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Hollywood Code § 110.21(A)
- Prohibited use
- Repair of merchandise at home
- Applies to
- Vehicles brought in for paid repair
- Alternative
- Commercial receipt in repair-zoned property
- Penalty
- 25% tax penalty plus up to $250/offense
Summary
Hollywood's home-based business tax receipt flatly bars using a residence for manufacturing, storing, distributing or repairing merchandise, so a home garage cannot operate as a paid auto repair shop. Code of Ordinances § 110.21(A) makes this a condition of the home-based tax receipt, enforced by the Director of Financial Services.
Any person engaged in a personal profession or occupation which requires the use of his/her own personal residence and which does not involve the manufacturing, storing, distribution or repair of any merchandise in the home or on the premises may apply for a home-based local business tax receipt. Such home-based profession or occupation shall not be detectible in any way from the outside of the home nor change the residential nature of the community. ... Such applicant shall ... comply with the following conditions: (A) The applicant shall not use the premises for the manufacturing, storing, distribution, or repair of any merchandise;
Full Breakdown
21 lets a resident apply for a home-based local business tax receipt only for a personal profession or occupation performed at the residence. The section's opening sentence excludes from that receipt any occupation involving the manufacturing, storing, distribution or repair of any merchandise in the home or on the premises, and condition (A) restates the bar directly: the applicant shall not use the premises for the manufacturing, storing, distribution, or repair of any merchandise. Vehicle repair for pay falls squarely inside that prohibition because a car brought in for service is merchandise being repaired on the premises; the receipt cannot be issued for that use, and the home occupation must otherwise remain undetectable from the street and preserve the residential character of the block. 21 is not an option for that use. The restriction traces to Ord. O-95-44 (passed 7-26-95), amended by Ord. O-2007-07 (passed 4-18-07).
Violations & Fines
Operating a repair business from a residence without the correct commercial local business tax receipt is treated as doing business without a receipt under § 110.99(B): the city can bill the tax due for the whole operating period, add a 25% penalty on that tax, and impose a fine of up to $250 per offense if the tax and receipt are not obtained within 150 days of notice. A home-based receipt obtained by misrepresenting that no repair work occurs is void under § 110.99(D), exposing the operator to prosecution as though no receipt had ever issued.
Frequently Asked Questions
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