Home Business in Tehama County, CA (2026)

3 rules for unincorporated Tehama County, California.

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Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Tehama County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Zoning & Home Occupation Permits

Tehama County allows home occupations by right in residential and agricultural zones, no discretionary use permit needed, as long as the business stays within 25% of the dwelling and is run only by resident family.

Tehama County Home Occupation Standards

Some Restrictions

Tehama County Code § 17.04.020(A),(C)

"Home occupation" shall mean any use customarily carried on within a dwelling by the inhabitants thereof ... A. Is confined within the dwelling and occupies not more than twenty-five percent of the floor space thereof; ... C. Is carried on by the members of the family occupying the dwelling, with no other person employed, provided that a cottage food operation ... may have not more than one ful...

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Signage Rules

A home occupation in unincorporated Tehama County may display at most a one-square-foot sign: the only outward 'evidence of its existence' the zoning code allows beyond the property.

Tehama County Home Business Sign Limit

Significant Restrictions

Tehama County Code § 17.04.020(D)

D. Produces no evidence of its existence beyond the premises, except signs of not more than one square foot, such as noise, smoke, odors, vibration, etc.

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Customer Traffic Restrictions

In unincorporated Tehama County, a home occupation cannot sell merchandise on-site except goods it produced itself: the zoning code's definition rules out walk-in retail customer traffic entirely.

Tehama County Bars On-Site Home Business Sales

Some Restrictions

Tehama County Code § 17.04.020(B)

"Home occupation" shall mean any use customarily carried on within a dwelling by the inhabitants thereof ... which use: A. Is confined within the dwelling and occupies not more than twenty-five percent of the floor space thereof; B. Involves no sales of merchandise other than that produced on the premises or merchandise directly related to and incidental to the services offered, no on-site sales;

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