Daytona Beach, FL Home Business: Zoning & Home Occupation Permits (2026)

13 of the Daytona Beach Land Development Code allows a home based business as an accessory use to any principal dwelling unit, but only under a full list of conditions. The business has to be run by a resident of the home; subsection b bars anyone other than 'a member of the family who resides on the premises' from being engaged in the business. The dwelling itself cannot visibly change: subsection c requires 'no change in the appearance of the dwelling or outside evidence of nonresidential use,' and subsection d confines the business to no more than 20 percent of the home's living area, with accessory structures like a detached garage or shed off-limits entirely for the use.

Subsection e closes a common workaround: adding living space to the house does not open new room for a home business until two years after the Certificate of Occupancy for that addition is issued, so an owner cannot build an addition and immediately claim it for expanded business use. Later subsections in the same section, not quoted here, add that products cannot be stored on site, advertising cannot list the home address, and the business cannot generate excess noise, traffic, or utility use beyond what a typical residence produces.

Because the use is classified as accessory to the dwelling, it is permitted across most residential, office, and business districts citywide, but it is not available as a stand-alone commercial use.