Overland Park, KS Home Business: Zoning & Home Occupation Permits (2026)

140(F) permits home occupations as an accessory residential use, but only within tight limits meant to keep neighborhoods residential in character. Subsection (F)(2) requires the business to be entirely contained within the interior of the residence; it cannot spill into a garage or an accessory structure on the site, and there can be no visible evidence of the business from the street or surrounding area. The operation is capped at 20% of the total dwelling unit floor area, though occasional meetings using more than 20% of the floor area are allowed if they happen no more than once a month.

Subsection (F)(3) limits staffing to family members residing on the premises, with no assistance from other individuals or groups, and (F)(4) bars on-site retail exchange of tangible goods with the general public, restricts repair work to off-premises pickup and delivery by the proprietor or employees, and bars in-home exchange of leased items. Subsection (F)(6) prohibits any exterior alteration, in building materials, size, color, lighting or parking area, that draws attention to the structure as a commercial operation, and (F)(7) bars excessive noise, dust, heat, smoke, odors, vibration, glare or storage of combustible or toxic substances beyond what a normal residence would generate. 140(A)/(B) even though other home occupations cannot use exterior space. A. 60-2101(d).