5 rules for unincorporated Buncombe County, North Carolina.
Verified from official government sources
A home occupation is allowed in Buncombe County residential zoning as a use conducted entirely within the dwelling or an accessory structure and clearly incidental to residential use. It cannot occupy more than 25 percent of the dwelling's floor space, and no more than two non-resident employees may work there.
Buncombe County Zoning Ordinance Sec. 78-581 (Home occupation, cl. 1); Sec. 78-665
The use of the dwelling unit for the home occupation shall be clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for residential purposes, and such occupation shall not occupy more than 25 percent of the total floor space of the dwelling or the entire accessory structure.
A home occupation in unincorporated Buncombe County may have one unlighted sign on the premises no more than two square feet in area. There may be no display, no outside storage, and no change in the outside appearance of the building or premises from the home occupation.
Buncombe County Zoning Ordinance Sec. 78-581 (Home occupation, cl. 2)
There shall be no display, no outside storage, no change in the outside appearance of the building or premises, or other visible evidence of the conduct of such home occupation other than an unlighted sign located on the premises and not over two square feet in area.
North Carolina lets you make and sell non-potentially-hazardous foods like baked goods, jams, and candies from your home kitchen without a food-establishment permit. You register with the NC Department of Agriculture, which inspects the home kitchen; Buncombe County issues no separate cottage-food permit.
Under North Carolina law you can care for two or fewer unrelated children at home without a license. Caring for more than two but less than eleven children in your home is a family child care home and must be licensed by the state DCDEE; a county home occupation may
In unincorporated Buncombe County a home occupation must satisfy the zoning standards, and construction or alteration requires a certificate of zoning compliance plus a building permit from Permits & Inspections. No more than two non-resident employees may work in the home occupation.
Buncombe County Zoning Ordinance Sec. 78-581 (Home occupation, cl. 3-4)
No more than two persons not in residence on the premises shall be employed in connection with the home occupation; and no traffic shall be generated by such home occupation in greater volumes than would normally be expected in a residential neighborhood, and any needed parking must be off the street and other than in a required front yard.
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