Subscribe Ask the Editors Search Entire site Smallbiz Bookstore Msg. Stained Glass Overlay Turnkey Vending U.S. Mortgage Reduction World Traders Association Zoning Home is where the business is, and it s also where a lot of regulations are. Make sure you re actually allowed to have a business in your home before you start by investigating your zoning ordinances.
Home is where the business is, and it s also where a lot of regulations are.
Make sure you re actually allowed to have a business in your home before you start by investigating your zoning ordinances. Most cities and many counties have zoning ordinances that limit, to one degree or another, whether you can operate a business from home. While many communities have modernized their zoning ordinances to recognize that a computer-based business isn t like a noisy auto body shop, a malodorous hair salon, or a 6 a.m. gathering point for a construction or cleaning crew, many communities ban certain kinds of businesses and prescribe limitations that may handicap some businesses. Since you re planning to launch your business from home, the first thing to do is check out what commercial activity your city or county allows in your neighborhood. This is becoming easier to do, as many communities are making their codes available on their Web sites.