5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 2 cities in Williamson County, Texas.
Verified from official government sources
Williamson County cannot zone. In unincorporated areas the county sets no home-occupation rules, so a home business faces no county location, use, or square-footage limits. Only recorded HOA or subdivision deed restrictions constrain what you run from your house.
Williamson County does not regulate home-business signs in unincorporated areas. No county sign permit, size cap, or setback applies to a sign at your house. HOA deed restrictions and TxDOT rules for signs near state highways are the only limits.
Williamson County places no limit on customers or client visits to a home business in unincorporated areas. There is no county cap on daily visitors, parking, or deliveries. Deed restrictions and a state road-access permit are the only constraints.
Texas cottage food law lets you sell approved home-produced foods from a Williamson County home with no permit, license, or health inspection. Annual food sales are capped at $150,000, and local health departments cannot require a permit or fee.
Tex. Health & Safety Code §437.001(2-b)
"Cottage food production operation" means an individual, operating out of the individual's home, who: (A) produces at the individual's home
Operating a child-care home for pay in Williamson County requires a license, registration, or listing from Texas Health and Human Services under Human Resources Code Chapter 42. The county itself neither licenses nor zones home daycares in unincorporated areas.
Tex. Human Resources Code §42.041
No person may operate a child-care facility or child-placing agency without a license issued by the department.
2 cities in Williamson County have their own home business rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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