Home Business in Norfolk County, MA (2026)

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40A, § 3 (Zoning Act — Permissible Subjects of Local Zoning Bylaws Affecting Home Occupations) (Massachusetts General Laws; applies to all cities/towns within the county)

Section 3. No zoning ordinance or by-law shall regulate or restrict the use of materials, or methods of construction of structures regulated by the state building code, nor shall any such ordinance or by-law prohibit, unreasonably regulate, or require a special permit for the use of land for the primary purpose of commercial agriculture, aquaculture, silviculture, horticulture, floriculture or ...

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40A, § 3 (Zoning Act — Authority of Local Bylaws to Regulate Signs and Outdoor Display) (Massachusetts General Laws; applies to all cities/towns within the county)

Section 3. No zoning ordinance or by-law shall regulate or restrict the use of materials, or methods of construction of structures regulated by the state building code, nor shall any such ordinance or by-law prohibit, unreasonably regulate, or require a special permit for the use of land for the primary purpose of commercial agriculture, aquaculture, silviculture, horticulture, floriculture or ...

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40A, § 3 (Zoning Act — Local Authority to Regulate Use and Intensity of Residential Property) (Massachusetts General Laws; applies to all cities/towns within the county)

Section 3. No zoning ordinance or by-law shall regulate or restrict the use of materials, or methods of construction of structures regulated by the state building code, nor shall any such ordinance or by-law prohibit, unreasonably regulate, or require a special permit for the use of land for the primary purpose of commercial agriculture, aquaculture, silviculture, horticulture, floriculture or ...

MGL c. 94, Section 305B - Medical examination of persons handling food; rules and regulations

Section 305B. The commissioner of public health, on his own initiative or at the request of a local board of health, may require any person working in an establishment engaged wholly or in part in the business of producing, manufacturing, processing, storing or offering or exposing for sale any article of food and whose duties actually involve the handling of food during such production, manufa...

MGL c. 40A, Section 3 - Subjects which zoning may not regulate; exemptions (Child Care Facilities)

No zoning ordinance or bylaw in any city or town shall prohibit, or require a special permit for, the use of land or structures, or the expansion of existing structures, for the primary, accessory or incidental purpose of operating a child care facility; provided, however, that such land or structures may be subject to reasonable regulations concerning the bulk and height of structures and dete...