Jonesboro, AR Home Business: Zoning & Home Occupation Permits (2026)

Sec. 117-226(2) permits home occupations as an accessory use in Jonesboro's residential districts, so long as the business stays clearly secondary to the home's residential use. The work can't create objectionable odor, noticeable vibration, or offensive noise measurable at the property line, and it can't involve external display of goods, unsightly conditions, or visible waste. It also can't interfere with neighbors' radio or television reception. The occupation must be carried on entirely within the principal residential structure: no home occupation of any kind is allowed in an accessory building or garage.

It's capped at 25 percent of the home's total floor area, and there can be no external alteration of the dwelling or outdoor storage of supplies or equipment. Employment is limited to residents of the home; no employee who doesn't live on the premises may work there. The business also can't sell anything that wasn't produced on the premises, and no more than one truck of up to three-quarters-ton capacity, and no semi-trailers, tied to the business may be kept on-site. Certain occupations are barred outright regardless of these standards, including barbershops and beauty shops, dispatch centers, commercial kennels and animal boarding, and repair or assembly of vehicles, engines, or large appliances.

Under the related accessory-use standard at Sec. 117-225(d)(4), an application for a home occupation must describe its expected noise, traffic, odor, drainage, visual appearance, light, vibration, and hours of operation; a full site development plan is required only if the property's existing driveway or parking area can't provide at least four off-street parking spaces.