Zoning Code Amendment ZCA25-001 — Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations
Long Beach
Description
A zoning code amendment to create regulations for home-based food businesses (MEHKOs) was withdrawn before any vote.
Impact summary
Allows home kitchens to operate legally in residential zones across the city, including the coastal zone pending state certification.
At a glance
- Hearings
- 3
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 3
Last vote · City Council
Last discussed Apr 14, 2026.
Meeting timeline (3)
City Council - Apr 14, 2026
Zoning changes defining MEHKOs and authorizing them as home occupations citywide, plus a coastal amendment headed to the California Coastal Commission.
City Council - Mar 17, 2026
A zoning code amendment to create regulations for home-based food businesses (MEHKOs) was withdrawn before any vote.
City Council - Mar 10, 2026
Zoning changes to allow home kitchen food businesses as a home occupation were continued to April 14 alongside the Title 5 ordinance.
Related issues (3)
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