Can I run a business from my home in Macomb Township?

Yes, within tight limits. Home occupations are permitted inside single-family dwellings (Sec. 10.0320), but the conditions are among the stricter in the region: only family members living in the house may work in it, no outside employees; the business uses at most 200 square feet of the dwelling and must stay entirely inside the house, never in a garage or shed; no signs or advertising of any kind on the property; no sales of commodities on the premises and no sales of goods manufactured elsewhere; no equipment that creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors, or electrical interference detectable off the lot; no more traffic than a normal home generates, with any customer parking off-street and outside the front yard; and hours limited to 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

A desk-and-laptop business fits easily. A business with employees, customer visits, inventory, or a workshop in the garage does not. In the R-2 multiple-family districts, a home occupation is a special land use needing Planning Commission approval (Sec. 10.0803.A).