In unincorporated Shawnee County, a home occupation is an accessory use allowed in residential zoning districts, but it must stay clearly secondary to living in the home. Topeka and the smaller cities run their own home-occupation ordinances.
Shawnee County allows home occupations on residentially zoned unincorporated land as an accessory use under the county zoning regulations administered by the Topeka-Shawnee County planning office. The business must be run by residents, stay subordinate to the dwelling, and not change the property's residential character, with limits on outdoor storage, employees, and customer activity. Operating a use the zoning does not permit is a zoning violation. Inside city limits, Topeka (the county seat and state capital), Silver Lake, Rossville, Auburn, and Willard apply their own municipal home-occupation rules instead of the county code.
The county can issue a zoning notice of violation and order an unpermitted or nonconforming home occupation to stop, with continuing enforcement for each day it keeps operating.
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