Flagler County, FL Home Business: Zoning & Home Occupation Permits (2026)

Land Development Code Sec. A allows a home-based business as an accessory use from a residential property in every zoning district that permits residential uses. The core conditions: everyone who works at the dwelling must also live there, except up to two total employees or independent contractors who don't reside on site may still work from the property (additional remote employees who never come to the dwelling are unlimited); parking generated by the business cannot exceed what a similar non-business residence would need, and business vehicles or trailers must park in legal spaces, never in the right-of-way, over a sidewalk, or on unimproved ground; and the business must stay 'secondary to the property's use as a residential dwelling,' with any exterior modification kept consistent with the neighborhood's residential character.

Retail transactions cannot happen at any structure other than the dwelling itself, though incidental business activity is allowed on the property. 5 layers on compliance with local, state and federal rules for corrosive, combustible, hazardous or flammable materials. Subsection B clarifies the ordinance does not override a condominium, cooperative or homeowners' association's own restrictions, or the county's separate transient public lodging (short-term rental) rules. Separately, Sec. 19-120(b) of the county's occupational license article bars adult entertainment establishments and sexually oriented businesses from being approved as a home occupation in the first place.