Navajo County, AZ Home Business: Zoning & Home Occupation Permits (2026)

The Navajo County Zoning Ordinance treats a home occupation as a listed land use, not an exempt hobby. " Every residential district in the ordinance, from the rural A-General and RU districts through the R-1 Single-Family, R Multi-Family, and C-R Commercial-Residential districts, places home occupations on the Administrative Permit list alongside guest houses rather than allowing them by right or forcing a Special Use Permit hearing. That distinction matters: an Administrative Permit is reviewed and issued directly by the Director's staff under Section 2102, without the public notice and Board of Adjustment hearing a Special Use Permit like a bed and breakfast or kennel requires.

Because the definition ties approval to the use staying "incidental and secondary" and not changing the dwelling's residential character, a business that grows into the dominant use of the property, brings in retail-scale traffic, or requires structural changes that make the home look non-residential falls outside the Administrative Permit and would need a Special Use Permit or rezoning instead. S. Section 11-815 to confirm an operating home occupation still fits the permit it was issued.