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

03(d) lists fifteen numbered criteria a home occupation must satisfy for city manager approval. The business can use no more than 25 percent of the dwelling's floor area and must be conducted entirely inside the dwelling or an accessory structure (1); no outdoor display of goods or storage of equipment is allowed (2); no commodity may be sold on the premises (3); no evidence of the occupation may be detectable from outside (4); no one may be employed on-site besides resident family members (5); traffic cannot exceed the Pinellas County Metropolitan Planning Organization's single-family residential standard, and no extra parking is required as a result (6); no customer, client, employee, contractor or agent may ever be on the premises (7); utility use cannot exceed the neighborhood average (8); only one occupation-related vehicle is allowed near the premises, and no commercial vehicle may be parked there or on the adjacent right-of-way (9); motors are limited to electric units of 1 horsepower or less (10); equipment cannot cause voltage fluctuation or radio/TV interference off-premises (11); phone, mail and record-keeping-only occupations are allowed (12); and a long list of occupations, including auto repair, machine and appliance repair, massage and cosmetology, tea rooms, food sales or processing, animal sales or boarding, construction contracting, medical, real estate and law offices, vehicle or boat painting, photography, instruction, furniture or boat work, metal fabrication, welding and upholstering, are barred outright regardless of the other criteria (13).

Existing licenses expire at the end of the fiscal year in which the ordinance took effect and may renew if nothing about the occupation has changed (14), and the city manager may revoke a license at any time the criteria are no longer met (15).