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

2's Permitted Land Uses chart lists Home Occupation "A" (use code 0013) and Home Occupation "B" (use code 0014) as by-right uses across Laredo's residential zoning districts, so neither needs a special use permit or Council hearing the way a junk yard or tobacco shop does. Appendix A defines Home Occupation as any occupation or activity meeting the tests set for its class. Home Occupation "A" covers services and professional use: the operation must be managed or owned by an immediate family member, with no more than one additional employee working on the premises beyond immediate family members who live there, and the exterior of the home must stay indistinguishable from any other residential dwelling of like design, meaning no commercial displays, show windows, exterior storage areas, commercial trucks, or evident outside storage or parking spaces.

Home Occupation "B" must meet every "A" requirement first, then adds a narrow retail carve-out for marketing groceries or food items such as tortillas, raspas, candy or fruit, capped at 500 square feet of retail floor area and required to be an integral part of the main building rather than a separate structure. 2 does not override a district-specific prohibition.