TOWN OF SAN ANSELMO
525 San Anselmo Avenue, San Anselmo, CA 94960-2682
(415) 258-4600 FAX: (415) 459-2477

REGULATIONS FOR HOME-BASED BUSINESSES

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The Town of San Anselmo allows home-based occupations and businesses as long as they meet regulations designed to ensure that these businesses do not adversely impact other residents or property in the neighborhood. Specifically, Section 10-3.1701 of the San Anselmo Municipal Code states that a "home occupation" means a business, profession, or non-profit organization conducted by the principal resident or residents of a residential unit, subject to the following conditions:

1. not more than one person who is not a principal resident of the residential unit shall be employed; and

2. to be conducted wholly within the main residence, and not conducted within a garage, carport, or accessory structure; and

3. shall not increase vehicular traffic on the street on which the residential unit is located by more than four (4) individual visits per day, and which does not increase parking demands on the street on which the residential unit is located; and

4. shall not include outdoor displays or storage or signage; andshall not create noise levels exceeding levels permitted by Chapter 7 of Title 4 of the San Anselmo Municipal Code, and which does not create dust, vibration, odor, smoke, fumes, glare, electrical interference, fire hazards, or other hazards, nuisances or disturbances.

BUSINESS LICENSE TAX SCHEDULE

Gross Earnings/Receipts Tax Amount Due
$ -0- to 7,500 15.00
7,501 to 15,000 30.00
15,001 to 25,000 45.00
25,001 to 50,000 60.00
50,001 to 100,000 100.00
100,001 to 250,000 150.00
250,001 to 500,000 300.00
500,001 to 750,000 450.00
750,001 to 1,000,000 600.00
1,000,001 to 2,000,000 800.00
2,000,001 to 3,000,000 1,200.00
3,000,001 to 4,000,000 1,500.00
4,000,001 to 5,000,000 2,100.00
5,000,001 to 10,000,000 3,000.00
10,000,001 to 25,000,000 4,500.00
25,000,001 to and over 4,500.00 + .01%

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