Fort Collins, CO Home Business: Zoning & Home Occupation Permits (2026)

3 of Fort Collins' Transitional Land Use Code allows a home occupation as a permitted accessory use only if every listed condition is met. m. 1(D)(5)(a), exterior storage of business material or equipment, and any offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odor, heat or glare noticeable at or beyond the property line. The home occupation must also provide off-street parking adequate for its own needs. Examples the Section allows include an art studio, dressmaking, a professional office, or teaching; Subsection (10) separately excludes animal hospitals, long-term care facilities, restaurants, bed & breakfasts, group homes, adult-oriented uses, vehicle repair/servicing/detailing/towing, marijuana businesses, and short-term rentals from qualifying at all.

Before operating, Subsection (11) requires the owner or inhabitant to obtain a home occupation license from the City, at the fee set in the Development Review Fee Schedule, valid for a two-year term and renewable on a new application and fee; the Director can revoke a license for violating conditions (1) through (8), subject to administrative appeal under Chapter 2, Article VI of the City Code.