Springdale, AR Home Business: Zoning & Home Occupation Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Zoning status
- Conditional use in A-1/residential districts
- Governing rule
- Zoning Ordinance Art. 6, § 2.8
- Space limit
- 30% of home's heated living area
- License
- Required; expires March 31 annually
Summary
Springdale allows a home occupation as a conditional accessory use in residential and agricultural zoning districts, capped at 30% of a home's living space and subject to planning commission approval under the zoning ordinance's Use Unit 28.
Permitted accessory use of a dwelling or gainful employment customarily carried on entirely within the residential dwelling, which is clearly incidental and secondary to the principal use of the structure for residential dwelling purposes by the occupants of the residence. Additional requirements are stipulated in article 6, section 2.8.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 145).
Full Breakdown
Home occupation (Use Unit 28) is a permitted accessory use of a dwelling for gainful employment carried on entirely within the residence, clearly incidental to the residential use. In the A-1 agricultural district it's a conditional use approved on appeal to the planning commission; home office of convenience (Use Unit 29) is allowed by right. Article 6, Section 2.8 caps the business at 30% of the home's heated living space, bars outside storage and employees, and limits the operation to activities like tutoring, catering, or computer programming. A city license is required and expires every March 31.
Violations & Fines
Operating a home occupation without an approved conditional use and city license violates § 2.8; complaints go to the city clerk under Article 9, and noncompliance can trigger license revocation.
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