Long Beach, CA Home Business: Zoning & Home Occupation Permits (2026)

235(B), a home occupation permit issues only if all listed conditions are met and maintained continuously. No one other than a resident may work in the business, and the household cannot put more than two residents to work in it. Materials and product storage for the business cannot exceed 128 cubic feet total, and a garage cannot be used for that storage or for operating the business; it must stay available for parking required residential vehicles. No separate business entrance may be added, no exterior sign may be visible from outside the dwelling, and no toxic, explosive, flammable, corrosive or radioactive material may be kept on site.

Advertising cannot list the home address. The operator may use at most two vehicles for the business, only one of which may carry commercial plates. If the operator works as an agent between outside suppliers and customers, all goods (other than samples) must be received, stored and sold from an off-premises location, not the house. 235(C) then bars 27 specific uses outright as home occupations no matter what the applicant proposes: including auto repair, medical/dental offices, gun sales and repair, tow truck service, restaurants and taverns, and any veterinary care, grooming or boarding.

235(D) says it becomes void the moment that person moves out of the dwelling or stops running the business, and any home occupation that later becomes nonconforming under a Title 21 amendment has three months to either come into compliance or shut down.