Burleson, TX Home Business: Zoning & Home Occupation Permits (2026)

The City of Burleson defines HOME OCCUPATION in § 50 of its zoning ordinance, Appendix B of the Code of Ordinances, as an occupation conducted in a dwelling unit, provided that nine conditions hold. No person other than members of the family residing on the premises are engaged in the occupation on the premises. The dwelling use must be clearly incidental and subordinate to residential use, with not more than 250 square feet of floor area of the dwelling unit used. There can be no visible evidence of the conduct of the home occupation from outside the building, and it cannot be conducted in an accessory building. Sales must be clearly secondary, and there are no sales from the dwelling.

Items (6) and (7) set the neighbor-protection standards. Traffic cannot exceed the volume normally expected in a residential neighborhood, and any need for parking must be met off the street and other than in a required front yard. Equipment, processes or work cannot create noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors, or electrical interference detectable to the normal senses off the lot. That includes visual or audible interference in radio or television receivers off the premises and fluctuation in line voltage off the premises.

Item (8) excludes beauty culture schools, beauty parlors, barber shops, lawn mower or other small engine repair, automotive repair, television, radio, or electronic repair and bicycle repair. Item (9) bars outdoor storage of any type.

Home occupation is listed as an accessory use allowed in the A, SFE, SF16, SF10, SF7, SFA, 2F, MH and MHP districts. The ordinance also defines a LIVE-WORK UNIT as different from a home occupation: the work use is not required to be incidental to the dwelling unit, non-resident employees can be present, and customers can be served on site. Child care in a home has its own definition and a specific use permit requirement instead.