6 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 3 cities in Pasco County, Florida.
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Pasco County Land Development Code Section 530.21 allows minor home occupations as a permitted accessory use in residential, agricultural, and manufactured-home districts, with a minor home occupation limited to 25 percent and a major home occupation to 30 percent of the dwelling's floor area. Major home occupations require a Special Exception in most non-manufactured-home districts.
Pasco County, FL, Land Development Code, Sec. 530.21.C.1-.5, .D.1, .E.1 and Table 530.21-1 (Supplemental Regulations, Amendment Nos. 22, 24, 27, 34, 35, 40, 45, and 51)
C. Standards for All Home Occupations. 1. The use of the dwelling unit for the home occupation shall be clearly incidental and secondary to its use for residential purposes. 2. There shall be no change in the outside appearance of the building or premises as a result of such business. ... 5. No outside display, storage, or use of land is permitted for the home occupation. ... D. Minor Home Occu...
Pasco County Land Development Code Section 530.21.C.3 prohibits any exterior signs for a home occupation and any signs visible from the street or neighboring dwellings; only statutorily required professional signs are permitted. The home occupation must cause no change in the outside appearance of the property.
Pasco County, FL, Land Development Code, Sec. 530.21.C.2-.3 (Supplemental Regulations, Amendment Nos. 22, 24, 27, 34, 35, 40, 45, and 51)
C. Standards for All Home Occupations. ... 2. There shall be no change in the outside appearance of the building or premises as a result of such business. 3. No exterior signs and no signs that would be visible from the street or neighboring dwellings that are associated with the home occupation are permitted. Professional signs that are statutorily required are permitted.
A minor home occupation in Pasco County may not generate new vehicle trips unless a Special Exception is granted, which caps total daily trips at 14 per dwelling and requires customer visits to be by appointment, one at a time. Major home occupations may employ up to two nonresident employees.
Pasco County, FL, Land Development Code, Sec. 530.21.C.7, .D.4-.5, .E.2-.3 (Supplemental Regulations, Amendment Nos. 22, 24, 27, 34, 35, 40, 45, and 51)
D. Minor Home Occupation Standards. ... 4. New vehicle trip generation, except those as addressed in Section 530.21.D.5, shall not result from the establishment of a minor home occupation, i.e., the home occupation shall not involve appointments in the residence. 5. An applicant may seek a Special Exception ... b. All business-related visits shall be by appointment only and shall be limited to ...
No Pasco County-specific ordinance directly regulates cottage food operations; Florida Statute 500.80 preempts local regulation of cottage food, so the county may not prohibit or regulate a home cottage food operation that complies with state law, though it must still meet the home-based business conditions of Fla. Stat. 559.955.
Fla. Stat. 500.80 (2025), Cottage Food Operations
The regulation of cottage food operations is preempted to the state. A local law, ordinance, or regulation may not prohibit a cottage food operation or regulate the preparation, processing, storage, or sale of cottage food products by a cottage food operation. However, a cottage food operation must comply with the conditions for the operation of a home-based business under s. 559.955.
Home daycare in Pasco County is regulated by DCF under FL §402.313. Family day care homes serving up to 10 children must register or be licensed. Local zoning permits home daycare in residential districts with conditions.
Fla. Stat. § 402.313 (Family day care homes)
F.S. 402.313 Family day care homes. (1) Family day care homes shall be licensed under this act if they are presently being licensed under an existing county licensing ordinance or if the board of county commissioners passes a resolution that family day care homes be licensed. (a) If not subject to license, family day care homes shall register annually with the department, providing the followin...
In unincorporated Pasco County, minor home occupations are permitted as-of-right in designated zoning districts, while uses that exceed the minor thresholds (such as generating customer trips) require a Special Exception approved by the Planning Commission under Land Development Code Section 530.21. Florida Statute 559.955 also limits how the county may regulate a qualifying home-based business.
Pasco County, FL, Land Development Code, Sec. 530.21.B, .C.8, .D.5 (Supplemental Regulations, Amendment Nos. 22, 24, 27, 34, 35, 40, 45, and 51)
B. Review Procedures. Unless otherwise indicated as a permitted accessory use, home occupations are reviewed pursuant to this Code, Section 402.4, as Special Exception Uses. Minor home occupations are permitted as-of-right in designated zoning districts, unless they exceed specified thresholds. ... 8. For those home occupations that require a special exception, the approval of the special excep...
3 cities in Pasco County have their own home business rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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