Parker, CO Home Business: Zoning & Home Occupation Permits (2026)

Section 13.05.050(d)(6) of the Parker LDO classifies a home occupation as a permitted accessory use, meaning it does not require a separate rezoning or Use by Special Review as long as it satisfies the general and operation standards in that section. The general standards in subsection (d)(6)a set the outer boundaries of what can operate from a house at all: medical and dental clinics, short-term rentals, veterinary clinics and hospitals, light industrial or manufacturing activities, and restaurants are flatly not permitted as home occupations, regardless of scale.

The use must also stay clearly incidental and secondary to the dwelling's residential function and cannot change the character of the home, and the total area devoted to the business cannot exceed 50 percent of the principal dwelling's building footprint, which prevents a homeowner from converting the bulk of a house into commercial space while still calling it accessory to residential use. Separately, day care, group homes, group residential facilities, assisted or independent living, and continuing care are excluded from the home occupation category and regulated under their own use-specific standards elsewhere in the LDO.

Beyond the general standards, subsection (d)(6)b layers on operation rules covering enclosed-building operation, no exterior advertising, incidental on-site sales, staffing and customer caps, storage, nuisance impacts and traffic, all administered by Community Development without requiring a discretionary permit for a compliant business.