Home-based businesses may face legal problems stemming
from both their location and type of business. Local communities worry
that home-based businesses will increase traffic, noise, or fumes in a
residential area. Other concerns are the use of signs and parking for
customers.
There are four main categories of zoning: agricultural,
commercial, residential and industrial. Different restrictions regarding
home-based businesses apply to each. In addition, each category is usually
broken down into subsections, such as light industrial or single-family
residential. Before deciding on a location, it is best to check out zoning
regulations. There are federal, state, country, and city laws. Federal
laws also cover types of products you can manufacture in a home. For instance,
federal laws don’t permit the production in a private home of toys
for resale.
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