New Haven, CT Home Business: Zoning & Home Occupation Permits (2026)

a.Home Occupations customarily and traditionally conducted in a dwelling unit as an incidental use, provided no such home occupation shall involve:1.Any employee not resident in the dwelling unit;2.Storage of a stock in trade or sale of commodities on the premises;3.Use of more than 25% of the net floor area of the dwelling unit, or any space outside the dwelling unit;4.External evidence of the use other than signs permitted by section 27;5.Emission of offensive smoke, dirt, dust, vibration, odor, light, heat, glare, noise, electrical disturbance, or radioactive particles or rays.b.Agriculture, including tilling of the soil and orchards, greenhouses, nurseries, and vineyards, but excluding the keeping of livestock except for the keeping of hens per section 34 of this ordinance. No substance producing odor or dust shall be stored within 200 feet of any lot line unless completely enclosed. Accessory uses shall include but not be limited to events of limited duration that are open to the general public including harvest festivals and similar activities. See Section 12.5 b.(2)(c) below for agricultural and non-agricultural accessory uses permitted by special exception. As permitted As of Right in Residence Districts in this Ordinance: