El Monte, CA Home Business: Zoning & Home Occupation Permits (2026)

050(B), so no separate zoning district is required beyond the home occupation standards themselves. 1 caps the operation at 'no more than five hundred (500) square feet of floor area,' a limit that includes any on-site storage and any part of the business located inside an accessory building, and bars outside storage altogether. 2, but a truck or van used for the business cannot exceed seven feet in height and must fit within a standard 8-foot-6-inch by 18-foot parking stall, so oversized commercial rigs cannot park at the house.

1. 4, 'the existence of a home occupation use shall not be apparent beyond the boundaries of the subject site,' meaning the business cannot generate visible signs of commercial activity from the street or neighboring yards. Certain categories of business are excluded from the home occupation classification entirely under subsection E, including adult entertainment, firearms and fireworks sales, manufacturing, munitions sales and vehicle repair, and the Community Development Director can add any use found incompatible with residential surroundings because of dust, glare, heat, noise, odor, smoke, traffic or vibration.