Palm Beach Gardens, FL Home Business: Zoning & Home Occupation Permits (2026)

Table 21, the Permitted, Conditional, and Prohibited Use Chart at § 78-159, lists 'Home Occupation' as a 'P' permitted use across all eleven residential zoning districts, from AR agricultural-residential through RMH mobile home, tagged with Note 1. That note, printed at § 78-159(j)(1), sets the standards a home occupation must meet to keep its by-right status. Staffing is residency-based: employees who work at the dwelling 'must also be residents of the dwelling unit,' with an exception for up to two outside employees or independent contractors, plus any number of employees who work remotely and never come to the house.

The use must stay 'secondary to the property's use as a residential dwelling,' meaning the home cannot function primarily as a place of business, and any exterior alterations made to accommodate the business 'must conform to the residential character and architectural aesthetics of the neighborhood,' so additions such as loading docks or commercial-style storefronts are out. Table 33 under § 78-345 backs this up on parking, listing 'Home Occupation' with a parking requirement of 'None,' meaning the use is expected to rely on the residence's existing driveway and garage rather than generate a dedicated parking demand.

Before operating, the owner or operator 'shall obtain required city and county business tax receipts' under § 78-159(j)(1)k. The definition at § 78-751 adds that a home occupation is a use conducted 'entirely within a dwelling' that 'does not provide external evidence of the nonresidential use,' reinforcing that any home occupation visible from the street, whether through signage, traffic, storage, or structural change, has stepped outside the zoning permission Table 21 grants it.