Victorville, CA Home Business: Zoning & Home Occupation Permits (2026)

030(d) states the program exists to allow for home based businesses within residential neighborhoods through a permit process, limited to uses that can operate inside a residential dwelling without changing the appearance or condition of the residence or interfering with its principal use. The permit is personal to the applicant and cannot be transferred to a new owner or operator, and any change in the type of home occupation requires filing a new application and obtaining a new permit rather than amending the old one.

Subsection (d)(1), Administrative Approval, lets the Development Department approve a home occupation without discretionary hearings if it meets twelve listed standards: holding a business license, no exterior evidence of the business beyond vehicle signage, operation confined to the enclosed living area, an accessory building, or a garage that still leaves the required parking space usable, no equipment causing outside interference or voltage fluctuation, only residents working in the business, no on-site transactions or deliveries, no signs beyond what zone regulations allow, no more traffic than normal for the district, no utility modifications, hazardous-material storage only if code-compliant, and, where determined applicable, an annual fire inspection.

Subsection (d)(2) lets an applicant who cannot meet those standards seek Planning Commission approval instead, but only by demonstrating both the need for the deviation and that it will not impact the residential neighborhood or interfere with the home's principal use. Subsection (d)(3) then flatly bars certain occupations regardless of approval track, including sale or production of adult-oriented material, weapons, and drug paraphernalia. 110.