Pembroke Pines, FL Home Business: Zoning & Home Occupation Permits (2026)

02(A) allows a home-based business operating from residential property in a residentially zoned area if it meets listed conditions as terms of its local business tax receipt. Employees working at the dwelling must live there, except up to two employees or independent contractors who do not reside there may still work on-site; additional remote employees off-site are unrestricted. Business-related parking cannot exceed what a similar residence with no business would generate, and commercial vehicles or trailers face the same parking restrictions as any other residential property, barred from the right-of-way, over a sidewalk, or on unpaved surfaces.

Heavy equipment, including commercial, industrial, or agricultural vehicles or machinery, may never be stored on the property. A local business tax receipt is required before operating, retail transactions cannot occur at any structure other than the residence itself, and the business's activities must remain secondary and ancillary to the property's residential use while complying with all zoning-classification rules on nuisance, noise, vibration, smoke, dust, lighting, glare, fumes, and odor. As viewed from the street, the property must still read as residential, and any exterior modifications must match the neighborhood's residential character.

02(B), the city retains the right to inspect the premises at reasonable times to confirm compliance and investigate complaints. 02(E) clarifies that bringing take-home work into a residence for review or preparation does not itself require a home-based business receipt.