The zoning office will probably contact you to find out if you re operating within the zoning laws if you can produce receipts on the number of deliveries and you re operating legally then.
Zoning for home office. Check with your local planning department for restrictions on the kinds of business activities that can be conducted in your home. The zoning planning department administers the county s comprehensive plan ordinance ten year update adopted by county council on november 18 2008 and the zoning and land development regulations ordinance adopted by county council on nov. The home occupation can only be carried solely by the occupant or occupants of the home. Cottage food operation must be consistent with section 500 80 of the florida statues are limited to the kitchen area only.
Pursue any other occupation from your home or have a parent with three children bring the children to your home for daycare and you become a scofflaw unless you get the zoning board to grant you a variance a variance is a legal term for making you an exception to the law. Building permits fire certificates and zoning permits. 114 there still remained a number of secondary points to be settled one of the most vexing of these secondary matters concerned established uses whose nature was contrary to the principal uses permitted in. Some localities for example restrict home based businesses that operate in residentially zoned communities from having customers come to the place of business.
Download original report pdf when the battle for use zoning was won in 1926 village of euclid v ambler realty co. Zoning laws also known as zoning ordinances define 1 what types of land use is allowed for a given area and 2 building regulations such as maximum building size or the need for fire escapes. The home occupation is ancillary and secondary to the use of the home for residential purposes. 20 2001 as amended and prepares various studies and plans related to the current and future use of land in charleston county.