Cass County, MO Home Business: Zoning & Home Occupation Permits (2026)

B states that notwithstanding any other provision of the Cass County Code of Ordinances, no permit, license, variance, or other type of prior approval from the County is required to operate a no-impact, home-based business, provided it meets the section's qualifying conditions. Those conditions require that the total number of employees and clients on-site at one time not exceed the residential dwelling's occupancy limit, that the business sell only lawful goods and services, that operations occur inside the dwelling or its yard, and that the business not be visible from the street.

C, protects broader 'home-based work,' defined as any lawful occupation performed by a resident that is clearly incidental and secondary to residential use, from being restricted in hours of operation, barred from mail-order or appointment-based service, or made subject to a required structural modification, and bars the County from enacting any ordinance that singles out a particular occupation for restriction. Together, these two subsections give home-based businesses and occupations broad by-right protection in unincorporated Cass County, reversing the usual permit-first approach applied to other commercial accessory uses in the Zoning Order.