Goodyear, AZ Home Business: Zoning & Home Occupation Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Zoning Ordinance § 3.4.4
- Living area cap
- 25% of home's living area maximum
- Allowed hours
- 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. only
- Employees
- Residents only, no outside employees
- Signage
- No signs or exterior evidence permitted
- License
- Annual City of Goodyear business license required
- Penalty
- $100-$1,000 civil sanction or misdemeanor charge
Summary
Goodyear lets a resident run a home-based business by right in any residential district, but Zoning Ordinance Section 3.4.4 caps it at 25 percent of the home's living area, bars outside employees, allows no exterior signage, and limits activity to 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Operators must also hold an annual city business license.
A home-based business shall be conducted entirely and unobtrusively within the principal residence including an attached garage and shall not generate pedestrian or vehicular traffic beyond that normal to the district in which it is located and shall comply with the following: A. There shall be no buildings or structures other than those permitted in the district; B. No offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odors, heat, or glare, shall be produced or caused by the business or the nature of the business; C. Is conducted only by a resident or residents of the dwelling unit (no employees other than the family), no outside employees visit the site; D. Has no signs or other exterior evidence of its existence; E. Parking for the business shall be in driveway or garage only; F. Activity shall be limited to the hours between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.; G. The home business shall obtain and maintain an annual city business license as required by City Code; and H. Shall not occupy more than twenty-five (25) percent of the living area.
Full Breakdown
4, a home-based business in Goodyear must be conducted entirely and unobtrusively inside the principal residence or an attached garage, and it cannot generate more pedestrian or vehicular traffic than is normal for the district. Eight lettered standards apply. The business may not add any building or structure beyond what the zoning district already permits (Standard A), and it cannot produce offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odors, heat or glare (Standard B). Only residents of the dwelling may work the business, with no outside employees on site (Standard C), and the operation may carry no exterior signage or other visible evidence it exists (Standard D).
m. (Standard F). Every home business must carry a current annual City of Goodyear business license under Standard G, and the operation cannot occupy more than 25 percent of the home's total living area under Standard H. 4 test is cross-referenced elsewhere in the Ordinance for other residential accessory uses, so it functions as the City's single home-occupation standard regardless of which residential district the home sits in. A property operating outside these limits is processed under Article 7's enforcement chapter.
Violations & Fines
Operating outside these standards is a zoning violation under Zoning Ordinance Section 7.2.3 (Violations and Penalties). The City can pursue a civil sanction of $100 to $1,000 per offense, or prosecute the responsible party for a class 1 misdemeanor carrying up to a $2,500 fine, up to three years of probation, and up to six months in jail, filed by the City Prosecutor in Goodyear Municipal Court.
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