- Home occupation permit required:
- Conditional
- Details:
- Florida §559.955 (Home-based businesses; local government restrictions) substantially limits local regulation of home-based businesses. Local governments cannot license or regulate home-based businesses beyond business tax receipts (chapter 205) and cannot impose requirements more stringent than those for residences without businesses. Jacksonville/Duval zoning code (Chapter 656) allows home occupations in residential districts as a permitted use meeting performance standards in §656.401(n). Jacksonville requires: resident operators only, business incidental and subordinate to residential use, no change to residential character, no exterior business evidence. Jacksonville's consolidated city-county government applies a single code across all of what was formerly unincorporated Duval County. A home occupation permit review may be required for Jacksonville addresses; contact the City of Jacksonville Planning and Development Department.
- Home kitchen:
- Florida's cottage food law (§500.80) requires production in the kitchen of the operator's residence only. Motor home kitchens and rented kitchens are not permitted. Production must occur at the cottage food operator's primary residence. Duval County and the City of Jacksonville are a consolidated city-county government since 1968; all unincorporated Duval County is governed by the City of Jacksonville. Florida preempts local regulation of cottage food operations (§500.80(6)).
Last verified 2026-05-06. Not legal advice.
