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Can I run a home business in Celina?

Yes, without a City permit, as long as it stays within the home occupation conditions of Sec. 14.03.401(f): no signage visible from outside the dwelling, no more than 2 non-relative employees on site, outdoor activity only if screened and limited to 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., no exterior storage of materials or equipment, no fleet vehicle operation (3 or more business vehicles), no offensive noise, smoke, dust, odor, heat, or glare beyond the property line, no major exterior alterations, no vehicle or equipment repair, and no on-premises merchandise sales beyond homegrown produce or pre-ordered items. Start by confirming the zoning district on the city's public GIS (celina-public-gis-celinatx.hub.arcgis.com) or with Development Services at 972-382-2682. This pack covers incorporated Celina only; Celina's ETJ and unincorporated Collin or Denton county land have no municipal zoning.

Sources

Full text: Celina ordinance on City-hosted PDF (Development Services document center); the Code of Ordinances is also on eCode360 (https://ecode360.com/CE6272) but the Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 14) working copy the city links from its Codes & Ordinances page is this standalone PDF, most recently saved 2026-06-17 per its file metadata. eCode360 states it includes legislation through Ord. No. 2026-028 (adopted April 14, 2026), somewhat newer currency evidence than the PDF; the two platforms agree on Articles 14.01-14.04 (districts, uses, site development standards) but eCode360 carries an additional Article 14.05 (state law compliance, adopted 2019) absent from the PDF, and shows the PDF's OT and OT-R base-district sections as reserved with no text, deferring fully to the Downtown Code for those two districts. Applies to districts: SF-R, SF-A.

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