Killeen, TX Home Business: Zoning & Home Occupation Permits (2026)

Sec. 2 gives any resident occupant "the vested right to conduct the home occupation without securing special permission from the city," meaning there is no home occupation permit application to file. 4 still require compliance with every other applicable city ordinance, including off-street parking, building permits, business licenses and fire and life-safety codes, plus all state and federal law. 5 then lists eleven standalone conditions a qualifying home occupation must keep meeting: employees and clients can never exceed the building's maximum occupancy; no advertising signs or window displays calling attention to the business (a phone listing is allowed); the dwelling's outside appearance cannot change; the work cannot be visible from the street; traffic and parking are capped; no outside storage or display; utility use cannot exceed the neighborhood average; only one commercial vehicle of one ton or less may be kept; no stock in trade may be displayed or sold except items actually produced on the premises; equipment is limited to what a hobbyist would normally use; and noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors or electrical interference cannot exceed what the district normally experiences.

7 flatly excludes uses like animal hospitals, restaurants, medical or veterinary offices, laundromats with more than one washer and dryer, mortuaries and any use classified as assembly, factory-industrial, hazardous, institutional or mercantile occupancy. Sec. 9 applies every condition to existing home occupations regardless of when they started. Code enforcement handles violations, with the general Sec. 1-8(c) fine of up to two thousand dollars for zoning breaches.