Permitted home occupations.
Riverside Municipal Code § 19.485.030
in effect19.485.030 - Permitted home occupations.
Only the following business activities are permitted as home occupations.
A. Telecommuting, as defined by Article X (Definitions).
B. Business, professional and sales offices, excluding medical, dental and similar uses that involve regular patient visits to the site, provided that no retail sales transactions are made on the premises and that no customers or clients visit the site, except as specifically allowed by this section. Typical examples of such general business office activities include research; report writing; bookkeeping; telecommunication with clients and employees; and the sending and receiving of mail, telephone calls, electronic facsimile communications and electronic communications by electronic or similar means.
C. Instruction in academia, music, voice, art, dance or similar activities with no more than one pupil receiving instruction at any given time.
D. Activities associated with the work of artists, sculptors, authors and composers.
E. Some personal services, limited to activities associated with the work of dressmakers, seamstresses, and tailors; hair stylists; estheticians; pet groomers; and similar uses.
F. Home crafts, such as model making, rug weaving, quilting and needlework, lapidary work and wood working, limited to the uses of tools and equipment commonly available for personal residential use, but specifically excluding cabinet making.
G. Home catering and food preparation businesses, subject to the approval of the Riverside County Health Department.
H. Small electronics repair, limited to items such as personal computers and electronic recorders with a maximum weight of 40 pounds per item.
I. Home-based direct sales distributions businesses in which sales, merchandise distribution and product demonstrations are primarily conducted either off-site or by telephone, mail or other electronic communication.
(Ord. No. 7701, § 26, 2025; Ord. 7331 §76, 2016; Ord. 6966 §1, 2007)
Source: City of Riverside, California, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/riverside/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICOOR_TIT19ZO_ARTVIISPLAUSPR_CH19.485HOOC_19.485.030PEHOOCFetched: 11/1/2026