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

5002(b) treats a home occupation as a permitted accessory use inside any Yuba City residential district, so operators do not file for a zoning clearance or use permit just to start a qualifying home-based business. The nine conditions in the section function as the permit in substance: the residential use must remain the primary activity on the property (condition 1); the business can involve no sale of merchandise other than what is produced on the premises or merchandise directly related and incidental to the services offered (condition 3); it must be carried on only by members of the family occupying the dwelling, with no other persons employed on-site (condition 4); it must produce no exterior evidence of its existence, including outdoor storage, noise, smoke, odors or vibrations (condition 5); and if the resident does not own the home, the property owner must authorize the home occupation in writing (condition 7).

The section also bars outdoor storage of business materials, machinery or equipment (condition 8) and, separately, caps in-person customer contact at one visitor at a time and bans exterior signage, both addressed in their own subsections. Because these are baseline conditions rather than discretionary approval criteria, code enforcement can act directly against a home occupation that violates any one of them without first revoking a permit, since none was issued in the first place. 5002(b) alone.