Home Business in Boone County, IN (2026)
3 rules for unincorporated Boone County, Indiana.
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Zoning & Home Occupation Permits
Boone County allows home-based businesses in unincorporated areas only as a home occupation under zoning Code § 157.035, and only if the use stays incidental to the residence. The operator must live in the dwelling, use no more than 25% of one floor's area, and add no more than two extra parking spaces for the business.
Home Occupation Zoning Rules in Boone County
Some RestrictionsBoone County Code § 157.035(A), (B)(1), (5), (8)
§ 157.035 HOME OCCUPATIONS. ... (A) General. A home occupation shall be permitted when the occupation conducted on residentially used premises is considered customary and traditional, incidental to the principal use of the premises as a residence, and not construed as a business. Permitted home occupations shall not adversely affect the residential character of the its district or interfere wit...
Signage Rules
A home occupation in unincorporated Boone County cannot display goods or other outward evidence of the business, per Code § 157.035(B)(9), and any sign is capped at the residential limit in Table 11: no more than 2 square feet of sign area in the AG, R1, R2 and R3, R4, MF districts where most home occupations sit.
Home Business Sign Limits in Boone County
Some RestrictionsBoone County Code § 157.035(B)(9); § 157.038, Table 11
(9) No display of goods or external evidence of the home occupation shall be permitted, except for signs in accordance with § 157.038 hereof. ... Table 11, Sign Regulations AG R1 R2 R3, R4, MF LB PB GB, UB AB I1, I2 ... Regulations for all other signs ... Maximum area (square feet) 2 2 2 2 10
Home Daycare
Boone County's zoning table for home occupations names a day care center as a prohibited use. Under Table 10 to Code § 157.035, day care centers sit alongside clinics, funeral homes and kennels on the list of business types that cannot operate as a home occupation on a residential lot in unincorporated Boone County.
Home Daycare Ban in Unincorporated Boone County
Heavy RestrictionsBoone County Code § 157.035, Table 10 (Prohibited uses)
Table 10, Permitted Types of Home Occupations ... Real estate office, insurance office, clinic, doctor’s office, dress shop, Prohibited millinery shop, funeral home, bed and breakfast, instructional studios for more uses than one student at a time, day care center ...
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