Home Business in Lane County, OR (2026)
5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Lane County, Oregon.
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Zoning & Home Occupation Permits
In the unincorporated county, home occupations are allowed by Lane Code Chapter 16 zoning. A minor home occupation must be conducted substantially in the dwelling or an accessory structure and cannot exceed 1,000 square feet of floor area.
Home Business Zoning in Rural Lane County
Some RestrictionsLane Code 16.290(2)(h)(ii)
The minor home occupation and/or home office shall be conducted substantially in the dwelling or in an attached or detached structure and shall not exceed 1,000 square feet in floor area.
Signage Rules
In Lane County's Rural Residential (RR) zone, a minor home occupation or home office cannot display any advertising sign on the property at all. Lane Code 16.290(2)(h)(vii) is one of ten conditions the use must meet to qualify as a permitted rural residential activity, alongside worker, floor-area, and customer-traffic limits.
Home Business Sign Ban in Rural Lane County
Significant RestrictionsLane Code § LC 16.290(2)(h)
(h) A minor home occupation and/or a home office that comply with these conditions: (i) No more than five persons shall work in the minor home occupation and/or home office, including the operator... (vii) Advertising signs for the minor home occupation and/or home office shall not be displayed on the subject property or structures on the subject property. (viii) Outdoor parking of vehicles use...
Customer Traffic Restrictions
Lane County bars home occupations from generating excessive traffic and requires customer and client contact to happen by phone or mail, not in-person visits, unless the trade by its nature can't operate any other way. Businesses that do bring customers to the property still can't exceed the traffic and parking impact of a normal home.
Home Business Customer Visit Limits in Lane County
Some RestrictionsLane Code §§ LC 10.340-20(1), 10.340-30(7)
Home Occupations may not be established, conducted or continued if to do so will cause: (1) Generation of excessive traffic. ... Customer and client contact shall be primarily by telephone, mail or in their homes and places of business, except for those home occupations which, by their very nature, cannot otherwise be conducted except by personal contact upon the premises.
Cottage Food Operations
Oregon's statewide Cottage Food Exemption lets residents make and sell certain low-risk foods from home with no ODA license, permit, or registration, provided annual sales stay under the indexed cap ($52,700 for 2026). A food handler card is required.
Cottage Food Rules for Lane County Home Kitchens
Some RestrictionsOAR 603-025-0311 to 603-025-0330 (ODA Cottage Food Exemption)
Producers of certain baked goods, confectionery items, or other non-time/temperature controlled for safety food may be exempt from licensing when annual sales do not exceed the indexed limit and food is distributed to the public.
Home Daycare
Lane Code 16.290 permits one home child care facility for up to ten children under 13, registered with the State under ORS 657A.330, or one group child care home for seven to twelve children certified under ORS 657A.280, in the Rural Residential zone.
Home Daycare Rules in Rural Lane County
Some RestrictionsLane Code 16.290(2)(g)
Not more than one child care facility (for a maximum of ten children younger than 13 years of age) that is registered with the State Child Care Division in compliance with ORS 657A.330, or not more than one group child care home (for seven or more children and not more than twelve children) that is certified... in compliance with ORS 657A.280.
Home Business by City in Lane County
1 cities in Lane County have their own home business rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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