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COLLIER COUNTY ORDINANCE NO.2003-53,AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE 2004-05 AND 2007-24,REQUIRES THAT ALL LOBBYIST SHALL,BEFORE ENGAGING IN ANY
LOBBYING ACTIVITIES(INCLUDING,BUT NOT LIMITED TO,ADDRESSING THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS),REGISTER WITH THE CLERK TO THE BOARD AT
THE BOARD MINUTES AND RECORDS DEPARTMENT
YOU ARE LIMITED TO THREE(3) MINUTES FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND ARE TO ADDRESS ONLY THE CHAIR
PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A FORUM FOR SELF-PROMOTION. PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKERS WHO ENGAGE IN ADVERTISING THEIR
BUSINESS,PERSONAL POLITICKING OR OTHER FORMS OF SELF-PROMOTION WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE PODIUM.
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COLLIER COUNTY ORDINANCE NO.2003-53,AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE 2004-05 AND 2007-24,REQUIRES THAT ALL LOBBYIST SHALL,BEFORE ENGAGING IN ANY
LOBBYING ACTIVITIES(INCLUDING,BUT NOT LIMITED TO,ADDRESSING THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS),REGISTER WITH THE CLERK TO THE BOARD AT
THE BOARD MINUTES AND RECORDS DEPARTMENT
YOU ARE LIMITED TO THREE (3) MINUTES FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND ARE TO ADDRESS ONLY THE CHAIR
PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A FORUM FOR SELF-PROMOTION. PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKERS WHO ENGAGE IN ADVERTISING THEIR
BUSINESS,PERSONAL POLITICKING OR OTHER FORMS OF SELF-PROMOTION WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE PODIUM.
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Agend em #: 9C Home-Based Business Enforcement Ordinance
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COLLIER COUNTY ORDINANCE NO.2003-53,AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE 2004-05 AND 2007-24,REQUIRES THAT ALL LOBBYIST SHALL,BEFORE ENGAGING IN ANY
LOBBYING ACTIVITIES(INCLUDING,BUT NOT LIMITED TO,ADDRESSING THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS),REGISTER WITH THE CLERK TO THE BOARD AT
THE BOARD MINUTES AND RECORDS DEPARTMENT
YOU ARE LIMITED TO THREE (3) MINUTES FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND ARE TO ADDRESS ONLY THE CHAIR
PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A FORUM FOR SELF-PROMOTION. PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKERS WHO ENGAGE IN ADVERTISING THEIR
BUSINESS,PERSONAL POLITICKING OR OTHER FORMS OF SELF-PROMOTION WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE PODIUM.
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ORDINANCE NO. 2025-.36
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA,
PERTAINING TO HOME-BASED BUSINESSES; PROVIDING
FOR HOME-BASED BUSINESS REGULATIONS CONSISTENT
WITH GENERAL LAW; PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT
AND PENALTIES; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT AND
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE
OF LAWS AND ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Florida Legislature enacted Chapter 2021-202, Laws of Florida,
codified as §559.955, Florida Statutes, with an effective date of July 1, 2021;and
WHEREAS, §559.955, Florida Statutes prohibits local governments from regulating
home-based businesses in any manner inconsistent with the terms of such statute; and
WHEREAS, Collier County desires to regulate home-based businesses in a manner
authorized by §559.955, Florida Statutes, including permissible regulations on employees,
parking, heavy machinery, use of the premises, and external appearance; and
WHEREAS, the incorporation of the provisions of§559.955, Florida Statutes, into the
Code of Ordinances of Collier County provides for local code enforcement for violations of the
home-based businesses statute; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners ("Board")now desires to incorporate
the provisions §559.955, Florida Statutes into the Collier County Code of Ordinances.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
SECTION ONE: TITLE.
This Ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the "Collier County Home Based
Businesses Ordinance."
SECTION TWO: CREATION OF ARTICLE 12, SECTION 26- HOME-BASED
BUSINESSES.
Article 12, Section 26-461, Home-Based Businesses, is hereby created and added to
Chapter 26 of the Collier County Code of Ordinances and shall state the following:
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Article 12, Section 26-461 Home-based businesses
(1) It is the purpose of this section to provide for the orderly conduct of a limited
commercial activity on property otherwise zoned for residential purposes.
(2) Unless otherwise expressly permitted by applicable statutes or residential zoning
regulations, including but not limited to mixed-use developments and planned unit
developments, only commercial activity meeting the definition of home-based businesses,
as defined in §559.955, Florida Statutes, is permitted on property zoned for residential use.
(3) Home Occupations/home-based business shall be allowed inside any dwelling
within any zoning district that permits residential dwellings as a permitted use.
(4) All home-based businesses located on property zoned for residential purposes must
operate subject to the following provisions, conditions, and restrictions:
a. The employees of the business who work at the residential dwelling must also
reside in the residential dwelling, except that up to a total of two employees or
independent contractors who do not reside at the residential dwelling may work at
the business. The business may have additional remote employees that do not work
at the residential dwelling.
b. Parking related to the business activities of the home-based business must
comply with zoning requirements applicable to other residential properties with the
same zoning classification, and the need for parking generated by the business may
not be greater in volume than would normally be expected at a similar residence
where no business is conducted. Home-based businesses must comply with any
regulations pertaining to the operation or parking of vehicles or trailers at the
business or on a street right-of-way as such regulations would apply to a residence
where no business is conducted. Vehicles and trailers used in connection with the
home-based business must be parked in legal parking spaces that are not located
within the right-of-way, on or over a sidewalk, or on any unimproved surfaces at the
residence.
c. No heavy equipment, defined herein as commercial, industrial, or agricultural
vehicles, equipment, or machinery, may be parked or stored such that such
equipment is visible from the street or neighboring property.
d. As viewed from the street, the use of the residential property is consistent with
the uses of the residential areas that surround the property. External modifications
made to a residential dwelling to accommodate a home-based business must
conform to the residential character and architectural aesthetics of the neighborhood.
e. The home-based business may not conduct retail transactions at a structure other
than the residential dwelling; however, incidental business uses and activities may
be conducted at the residential property.
f. The activities of the home-based business are secondary to the property's use as
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a residential dwelling.
g. The business activities comply with any relevant local or state regulations with
respect to signage and equipment or processes that create noise, vibration, heat,
smoke, dust, glare, fumes, or noxious odor as such regulations apply to other
residences where no business is conducted.
h. All business activities comply with any relevant local, state, and federal
regulations with respect to the use, storage, or disposal of any corrosive,
combustible, or other hazardous or flammable materials or liquids as such
regulations would apply to a residence where no business is conducted.
(5) Nothing herein may be deemed to excuse or exempt the owner or operator of a
home-based business from paying any taxes, including business tax receipts, that may be
due an owing in connection with the operation or establishment of any such business or
complying with any federal or state occupational or licensure requirements.
(6) Exemption. Anyone who can demonstrate to the County Staff's satisfaction that
they utilized their property as a home-based business, not consistent with this Ordinance,
for a period of five years, from the date of adoption of this Ordinance, shall be exempted
from the provisions of this Ordinance. Staff may require any reasonable documentation
and proof of this use.
SECTION THREE: VIOLATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT.
All violations of this Ordinance may be processed according to the Collier County
Consolidated Code Enforcement Ordinance (Ord. No. 2010-04, as amended) and per provisions
of Chapter 162, pts. I or II, Florida Statutes, as may be applicable.
SECTION FOUR: INCLUSION IN THE CODE OF LAWS AND ORDINANCES.
The provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Code of Laws and
Ordinances of Collier County, Florida. The sections of the Ordinance may be renumbered or re-
lettered to accomplish such, and the word "ordinance" may be changed to "section," "article," or
any other appropriate word.
SECTION FIVE: CONFLICT AND SEVERABILITY.
In the event this Ordinance conflicts with any general law pertaining to home-based
businesses, general law will govern and control the interpretation and application of this
Ordinance. If any phrase or portion of the Ordinance is held invalid or unconstitutional by any
court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent
provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion.
SECTION SIX: EFFECTIVE DATE.
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This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon receipt of the official
acknowledgment from the office of the Secretary of State of Florida that this Ordinance has been
filed with that office.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier
County, Florida, this 'P"_day of 5effe ,bef 2025.
ATTEST: ` BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
CRYSTAL K. KINZEL, CLERK COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA
By By: Age.114/...."ir�--
e uty Clerk' Saunders, Chairman
Attest as to Chairman's
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Approves': i o id .nd legality:
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Jeffrey A. i at 'M, County Attorney
This ordinance tiilci with the:
Secretory of tat 's ffice the
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Deputy Clark
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FLORIDA DEPARTMENT Of STATE
RON DESANTIS CORD BYRD
Governor Secretary of State
September 10, 2025
Crystal K. Kinzel
Clerk of Court
Collier County
3329 Tamiami Trail E, Suite#401
Naples, FL 34112
Dear Crystal Kinzel,
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 125.66, Florida Statutes,this will acknowledge receipt of your
electronic copy of Collier County Ordinance No. 2025-36, which was filed in this office on September 10,
2025.
Sincerely,
Alexandra Leijon
Administrative Code and Register Director
AL/dp
R. A. Gray Building • 500 South Bronough Street • Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0250
Telephone: (850) 245-6270