Los Banos, CA Home Business: Zoning & Home Occupation Permits (2026)

The Municipal Code defines a home occupation in Title 9, Article 2 as an operation run by the dwelling's occupant as a secondary use, with no advertising signs, no displays, no stock or commodities sold on-site, no customers, no employees, and no mechanical equipment beyond what is normal for domestic purposes. 602(k) lists home occupations meeting that definition as a permitted use in the Low Density Residential (R-1) district, alongside single-family dwellings and accessory buildings; the same by-right listing appears for Medium and High Density Residential zones.

603(d) moves it into the list of uses "permitted subject to securing a use permit," the same discretionary track used for churches, day care centers and parochial schools. 2329 must find the use consistent with the general plan and not contrary to public health, safety or welfare before approval; a filing fee set by City Council resolution accompanies the application under the general application-fee provisions of Article 24. Denials, conditions or revocations may be appealed to the Community and Economic Development Director within 10 days, then to the Planning Commission and City Council under Article 23, Part 6. Because the R-1, R-2 and R-3 provisions are worded identically, the by-right/use-permit line applies the same way in every residential zone across the city.