5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in St. Lucie County, Florida.
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St. Lucie County and Port St. Lucie permit home occupations in residential zones as long as the business stays clearly incidental and secondary to the dwelling, with no outward evidence and no display of stock for sale.
Port St. Lucie's home-occupation rule prohibits any exterior evidence of a business, effectively banning signage on the dwelling. The home may not reveal from the outside that it is used for anything other than a residence.
Florida's Cottage Food Law lets St. Lucie County residents sell certain non-hazardous homemade foods from their home kitchen without a Department of Agriculture permit, as long as annual gross sales stay at or below $250,000.
FS 500.80(2)
A cottage food operation ... may sell, offer for sale, and accept payment for cottage food products ... and is exempt from the permitting requirements of s. 500.12, provided that the cottage food operation complies with this section and has annual gross sales of cottage food products that do not exceed $250,000.
A St. Lucie County resident may care for children in their home as a licensed family day care home. Florida law caps a family day care home at a maximum of 10 children, including the operator's own young children present.
FS 402.302(8)
"Family day care home" means an occupied residence in which child care is regularly provided for children from at least two unrelated families and which receives a payment, fee, or grant for any of the children receiving care, whether or not operated for profit.
St. Lucie County and its cities require a home-based business to obtain a local Business Tax Receipt (occupational license) and meet zoning home-occupation standards before operating. Port St. Lucie issues its receipt under the zoning code.
1 cities in St. Lucie County have their own home business rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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