El Dorado County, CA Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)

160 lets home occupations operate in any zone that allows single- or multi-unit residential use, but ties staffing and visitor traffic to lot size. 2 limits every parcel under one acre, including RM, R1 and R20K lots, to a single employee or independent contractor working on-site; R1A, R2A, R3A, RE and agricultural or rural-lands parcels of one acre or more can have up to two. 11 requires the total acreage of contiguous lots under the same ownership to be combined when counting the employees, customers and clients a home occupation is allowed.

Retail sales tied to a home occupation can only happen on the premises by appointment, or by telephone, mail or internet with delivery occurring off-site; walk-in retail traffic isn't permitted. Student instruction is allowed by appointment only, capped at six students per group lesson, once a day on lots under an acre or twice a day on acre-plus lots. Once a home occupation needs an Administrative Permit for expanded student instruction under Subsection D, the vehicle round trips generated by group-lesson students cannot exceed 12 per day, the site needs road access meeting Standard Plan 101C or participation in a road maintenance association, and any accessory structure used for recitals or concerts is capped at 600 square feet on lots under an acre or 1,600 square feet on acre-plus lots. Exceeding these thresholds pushes the home occupation into Conditional Use Permit territory under Subsection G.