Murrieta, CA Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)
Key Facts
- Signage
- None allowed: no signs, banners or flags
- Exterior evidence
- Prohibited; work must stay indoors
- Storage cap
- 125 cubic feet, one room or garage
- Inspection
- Director may inspect anytime upon request
- Appeal
- Chapter 16.78
Summary
Murrieta bans signage outright for home-based businesses. Section 16.60.050(D) states there shall be no signs, banners or flags identifying or advertising the home occupation, and subsection (B) adds that there can be no exterior evidence of the business at all, including any outdoor display of equipment, materials or supplies.
B. There shall be no exterior evidence of the conduct of a home occupation, including outdoor display of equipment, materials, or supplies related directly or indirectly to the home occupation activity. A home occupation shall be conducted entirely within a dwelling, or an attached garage with the exception of tutoring in sports as defined in 16.60.050.L.2. ... D. There shall be no signs, banners or flags identifying or advertising the home occupation.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-23: A Codification of the General Ordinances of the City of Murrieta, California through Ord. 634-26, passed 7-7-2026).
Full Breakdown
050, which require a home business to be invisible from outside the dwelling. Subsection (A) requires the use to remain clearly incidental and subordinate to the property's residential use and bars any change to the dwelling's principal character. 050(L)(2), and it bars outdoor display of equipment, materials or supplies tied to the business. Storage is capped at 125 cubic feet in no more than one room of the dwelling or the garage, and the required residential off-street parking must stay available under subsections (F) and (G). 090 to confirm the property still shows no exterior sign of commercial use. 78.
Violations & Fines
Posting a sign, banner or flag for a home business, or leaving equipment or materials visible from outside, breaches Section 16.60.050(B) and (D) and puts the underlying home occupation permit at risk of denial or revocation by the Planning Director. Operating without an approved permit and city business license at all is separately unlawful under Section 16.60.050(O). Permit decisions can be appealed under Chapter 16.78.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I put up even a small sign for my home business?
Does the sign ban also cover things like parked work trucks with logos?
Can I advertise my home business online instead of with a yard sign?
Sources & Official References
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