You can run a business from a Columbia County home if it stays incidental to living there: it occupies under 20 percent of the dwelling, adds no more than 12 vehicle trips a day, and is worked only by resident family.
Home occupations in unincorporated Columbia County are governed by Section 90-142 of the zoning ordinance (Chapter 90). The business must be a secondary use incidental to the residence, occupy less than 20 percent of the principal dwelling's floor area, and be conducted only by family members living there, or in a way that employees never travel to the home. It cannot change the building's exterior appearance, store materials or inventory, or keep more than one commercial vehicle on site. Larger operations on lots of two acres or more can seek a provisional home occupation from the planning commission. Operators also hold a county occupation tax certificate.
Running a home business that breaks the Section 90-142 standards, or operating without a county occupation tax certificate, is a zoning violation subject to citation and enforcement until the property comes back into compliance.
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