5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Shasta County, California.
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Unincorporated Shasta County allows home occupations as an accessory use to a residence under Zoning Code Section 17.88.175. The activity must be incidental to the home, conducted indoors, use no more than 25% of the dwelling or 400 square feet of a garage/accessory building, have no employees beyond residents, and generate no customer vehicle trips.
Shasta County Department of Resource Management - Planning Division, 'Zoning Permit and Limitations on Use: Home Occupation With No Customer Vehicle Trips' (citing Shasta County Code Sections 17.02.255 and 17.88.170-17.88.196)
1. This permit is granted for a home occupation with no customer vehicle trips, described below, and as shown on the approved site plan (Exhibit A). 3. It shall be conducted in the home, an attached garage, or a residential accessory building. 4. The floor space occupied by the home occupation shall not exceed 25 percent of the floor space of the dwelling unit if located within the dwelling uni...
Home occupations in unincorporated Shasta County are not allowed any business sign. Zoning Code Section 17.88.175 prohibits 'advertising signs of any kind' as exterior evidence of the activity, and large family day care homes are likewise barred from signs. Only ordinary residential identification and non-commercial signs are permitted on the property.
Shasta County Department of Resource Management - Planning Division, 'Zoning Permit and Limitations on Use: Home Occupation With No Customer Vehicle Trips,' Criterion 2 (citing Title 17 sign provisions Chapter 17.84)
2. There shall be no exterior evidence of the conduct of the home occupation, including, but not limited to: outside storage, electrical interference, dust, smoke, vibration, noise, odors, fumes, or advertising signs of any kind.
Cottage food operations in unincorporated Shasta County are governed by California's Cottage Food law (Health & Safety Code 113758), administered locally by the Resource Management Environmental Health Division. Class A operations register and sell directly to consumers (up to $75,000/year); Class B operations get a permit with a home-kitchen inspection and may also sell wholesale (up to $150,000/year).
California law (Health & Safety Code 1597.40 et seq. / SB 234) protects family day care homes as a residential use by right, so they need no local zoning permit. Shasta County Zoning Code 17.88.215 lists standards for large family day care homes (up to 14 children), but state law now treats even large homes as by-right.
A basic home occupation that meets Section 17.88.175 in unincorporated Shasta County needs no zoning permit. A home occupation that draws customers to the home requires an administrative permit under Section 17.88.205, which caps customer vehicle trips at six per day on lots one acre or smaller and ten per day on larger lots.
1 cities in Shasta County have their own home business rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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