5 rules for unincorporated Seminole County, Florida.
Verified from official government sources
Unincorporated Seminole County allows home occupations and home offices as accessory uses in residential and agricultural zoning districts under the Land Development Code Chapter 30. The business must stay secondary to the home and not change the residential character.
Home occupations in unincorporated Seminole County generally may not display signs advertising the business. The Land Development Code requires that a home occupation show no exterior evidence, which typically prohibits business signage at the residence.
Florida's Cottage Food law (FS 500.80) lets you make and sell certain non-hazardous foods from your home kitchen without a state permit, up to $250,000 in annual gross sales. It applies statewide, so Seminole County cannot separately license it.
FS 500.80(1)
A cottage food operation must comply with the applicable requirements of this chapter but is exempt from the permitting requirements of s. 500.12 if the cottage food operation complies with this section and has annual gross sales of cottage food products that do not exceed $250,000.
A family day care home in Seminole County must be licensed or registered with the Florida Department of Children and Families under FS 402.313 and County ordinance. Family day care homes care for a limited number of children in the operator's residence.
A qualifying home occupation is an accessory use allowed by right under Seminole County's Land Development Code, so a separate zoning permit is often not required, but the business must meet all home-occupation standards. A county business tax receipt still applies.
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