Home Business in Bannock County, ID (2026)
3 rules for unincorporated Bannock County, Idaho.
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Zoning & Home Occupation Permits
Unincorporated Bannock County allows home occupations only in the Residential Rural, Residential Suburban and Recreation districts, and only as a secondary use of the dwelling. Section 17.52.270 caps the business at six hundred square feet or twenty percent of the home's floor area, whichever is smaller, and limits hours, vehicles, employees and outdoor storage.
Bannock County Home Occupation Zoning Rules
Some RestrictionsBannock County Code § 17.52.270
Home occupations shall be permitted in RR, RS and REC zoning districts subject to the conditions set forth as follows: A.Business activity must be secondary to primary use of a dwelling and must not consume over six hundred (600) square feet or twenty (20) percent of the gross floor area of the dwelling, whichever is less.B.The limited business activity shall not change the character of the dwe...
Signage Rules
A home occupation sign in unincorporated Bannock County cannot exceed four square feet. Section 17.52.270(H) requires the sign to be flat-mounted on the dwelling and bars direct illumination, and a business vehicle may never display the home occupation's address no matter where it is parked or stored.
Bannock County Home Occupation Sign Limit
Light RestrictionsBannock County Code § 17.52.270(H)
H.A sign for a home occupation shall not exceed four square feet in size, shall be flat-mounted on the dwelling, and shall not be directly illuminated. Signs on business vehicles, regardless of their storage location, shall not display the address of the home occupation.
Home Daycare
In the Residential Suburban district of unincorporated Bannock County, a state-licensed day care home caring for up to six client children is a permitted use by right. Caring for seven to twenty children needs a conditional use permit in the operator's primary residence, and licensed care for more than twenty children requires a non-residential structure.
Bannock County Home Daycare Zoning Limits
Some RestrictionsBannock County Code §§ 17.20.030(I), 17.20.040(B)
I.State licensed day care for up to six client children at any one time in the day care operator's primary residence or a day care center. ... B.State-licensed day care for more than six client children at any one time to a maximum of twenty (20) children in the day care operator's primary residence; licensed day care for over twenty (20) children may be conditionally permitted in a structure w...
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