Redondo Beach, CA Home Business: Zoning & Home Occupation Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Secondary occupation fee
- $50 annual home occupation license
- Primary occupation fee
- $99 fixed location, $129 no fixed location
- Space limit
- Confined to one room, no outside storage
- Vehicle limit
- One business car, van or truck only
- Employees
- Only residents of the home may work
- Barred activities
- Vehicle/boat repair, wood/metal work, biological research
Summary
Redondo Beach allows a home occupation as a secondary business inside a dwelling, but only after the operator files a statement of intent and buys an annual home occupation business license, and only if the business stays confined to one room, uses no more than one business vehicle, and creates no signage, traffic, noise or odor beyond what is normal for the neighborhood.
Home occupation. Every person engaged in a secondary occupation from their dwelling shall pay an annual home occupation license tax in the amount of Fifty and no/100ths ($50.00) Dollars. Every person engaged in a primary occupation from their dwelling shall pay an annual license tax in the amount of Ninety-Nine and no/100ths ($99.00) Dollars for services from a fixed location or One Hundred Twenty-Nine and no/100ths ($129.00) Dollars for services from no fixed location. ... A statement of intent shall be filed with the City for a home occupation business license. ... A business license may then be issued provided the following conditions are met: a. The business shall be restricted to only one room in the dwelling and all materials, equipment, or facilities shall be kept therein. Patio or outside storage shall not be permitted. ... d. ... Only persons residing on the premises may be employed. e. There shall be no display of merchandise, projects, operations, signs, or nameplates of any kind visible from outside the dwelling. ... k. ... Home occupations involving vehicle or boat repairs, wood or metal construction, biological farming or biological agents and research shall not be permitted.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4889554; v14 updated 2026-05-12).
Full Breakdown
Redondo Beach folds its home occupation standards into the business license code rather than a separate zoning permit. 22, Classification H, item (26) requires anyone running a secondary occupation from their home to pay a $50 annual home occupation license tax, while someone whose primary occupation is home-based pays $99 for services performed from a fixed location or $129 for services with no fixed location; a construction-related home business instead pays the contractor rate under Classification A. 5-car garage has been added; only one business car, pickup, truck or van is authorized, and it cannot be parked on the street; only people who live on the premises may be employed; there can be no display of merchandise, signs or nameplates visible from outside the dwelling, and the home's exterior appearance cannot change to signal a business is there; the occupation cannot generate more traffic than is normal for the neighborhood or bring commercial delivery vehicles to the property; and it cannot create noise, odor, dust, vibration, fumes or static/radio interference reaching adjoining properties.
Vehicle and boat repair, wood or metal construction work, and biological farming or research are barred outright from a home occupation, regardless of these conditions. 22(H)" cited as its additional-regulations cross reference, tying the two chapters together.
Violations & Fines
Breaking any of these conditions is grounds for immediate revocation of the home occupation license under Section 6-1.22(H)(26): once the City notifies the operator of a violation, the business must stop at once, and continued operation after that notice triggers further legal action. Operating a home occupation without ever obtaining the license, or running one of the outright-barred activities like vehicle repair, is also a zoning violation under Section 10-2.201(d), punishable as a misdemeanor with up to a $1,000 fine or six months in jail under Section 1-2.02.
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