City of Belton, Missouri
HOME OCCUPATIONS

A business, profession, service or trade conducted for gain or support entirely within a principal residential use or its accessory structures.

ARE THERE LIMITS OR RESTRICTIONS ON A HOME OCCUPATION? YES!

Occupy no more than 25% of floor area of dwelling used for business.
No outdoor storage of materials or equipment.
No changes in outside appearance.
No sign in connection with the home occupation.
No employees other than self or family members occupying the home.
No equipment shall be utilized or activity conducted that creates a nuisance or hazard to surrounding properties.
No merchandise displayed or sold on the premises.
No additional vehicles parked at the home, other than those owned by the residing homeowner, which could be a nuisance or hazard to surrounding properties.


DO I NEED A CITY OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE?

YES! Occupational licenses are obtained at City Hall through the City Clerk's Office. There is an annual fee of $20.00.

WHAT HOME OCCUPATIONS ARE PERMITTED?

Permitted home occupations include the following list of uses and others that are similar in character, and that do not include retail sales to the public, and do not create greater amounts of traffic or noise:

1) Art, dancing and music schools, provided that instruction is limited to four (4) pupils at one time.

2) Professional offices for architects, engineers, planners, lawyers, accountants, bookkeepers, and similar professions.

3) Offices for realtors, insurance agents, brokers, sales representatives, and manufacturer representatives when no exchange of tangible goods is made on the premises.

4) Home electronics and small appliance repair service.

5) Day care services when no more than ten childeren or adults unrelated to the operator, who are cared for no more than twelve (12) hours in any twenty-four (24) hour period and when permitted upon the issuance of a Special Use Permit.

6) Home crafts and hobbies such as model making, rug weaving, lapidary work, cabinet making, etc.

7) Tailoring, alterations, and seamstresses.

8) Saw filing

9) Telephone answering services.

10) The sale of home party products when no exchange of tangible goods is made on the premises.

11) Catering services.

12) Gun repair and cleaning.

13) Taxidermy.

14) Beauty parlor or barber services.

15) Home offices for businesses that provide goods or services at locations other than the premises.

16) Internet businesses that sell goods online, but no exchange of goods or physical transactions ar emade on the premises.

ARE THERE HOME OCCUPATIONS THAT ARE PROHIBITED? YES.

1) Bait shops.

2) Antiques, retail.

3) Funeral and mortuary services.

4) Groceries, retail.

5) Second-hand merchandise.

6) Tourist homes & boarding houses.

7) Equipment rental.

8) Automobile, motorcycle, vehicle, and small engine repair services.

9) Physicians, dentists, chiropractors, and other medical professions.

10) Machine Shops.

11) Welding.



Belton City Hall
506 Main Street, PO Box 230
Belton, MO 64012
(816) 331-4331

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