Campbell County, KY Home Business: Zoning & Home Occupation Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Employee cap
- 1 non-resident employee on-site
- Accessory structure
- 1 allowed, only R-RE and A-1 zones
- Light tier
- No zoning permit needed
- General tier
- Zoning permit + parking + quiet hours
- Childcare cap
- 10 children at any one time
- Other tier
- Needs Board of Adjustment conditional use permit
- Penalty
- Class B misdemeanor, per day (§154.999)
Summary
Campbell County splits home-based businesses into light, general, and other tiers under § 154.046: light activities need no zoning permit, general activities need one plus extra conditions, and anything else needs a Board of Adjustment conditional use permit.
Home occupations or a home-based business is a business, profession or other economic activity conducted full- or part-time at the principal residence of the person conducting the business. ... (1) No more than one employee other than those residing on the premises shall be engaged in a home-based business on the premises at any one point in time. (2) The use of a structure for the home-based business shall be clearly incidental and subordinate to its use for residential purposes. The home-based business shall be conducted indoors. ... (D) Other home-based business. ... No zoning or building permit shall be issued for other home-based businesses or any customary accessory buildings until and unless the location of said use shall have been applied for and approved as part of a conditional use permit by the Board of Adjustment as set forth in § 154.049.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-50: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. O-09-2026, passed 8-5-26; and Res. R-42-26, passed 7-15-26; and State legislation current through KRS Pamphlet 2025).
Full Breakdown
046 defines a home-based business as a business, profession, or economic activity run full- or part-time at the operator's principal residence, and excludes agricultural use of property from the definition entirely. 192, no more traffic or parking than normal for the neighborhood, no unusual quantities of hazardous or flammable substances, and no noise, vibration, glare, fumes, or odor detectable beyond the property line. 'Light' home-based businesses, such as office-type work, custom sewing, phone or computer sales, off-site work, tutoring capped at two students, or a single owner-operator truck without a trailer, need no zoning permit if they meet the general requirements.
'General' home-based businesses, a listed set that includes at-home childcare (capped at ten children), auto detailing, beauty services, catering, and pet grooming, must get a zoning permit and add at least one off-street parking space and quiet hours. 247 bars a variance that would permit an otherwise-prohibited use or alter density limits.
Violations & Fines
A home-based business that outgrows these limits is treated as ready to move into a commercial setting and becomes subject to Planning Commission action for nonconformance with § 154.046. Operating without the required zoning permit, or beyond an approved conditional use permit, violates Chapter 154 and is punishable under § 154.999 as a class B misdemeanor, with each day counted separately.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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