[Alberta's Child]

I understand your point, but I don’t know if there’s that clear a distinction between the two. When I was a kid my siblings and I were occasionally dropped off somewhere else for babysitting. Would that constitute a home-based business under HOA rules or a state or municipal law?

[Albion Wilde]

When I was a kid my siblings and I were occasionally dropped off somewhere else for babysitting. Would that constitute a home-based business under HOA rules or a state or municipal law?

If the sitter was paid regularly, had several regular customers and was licensed at that address, for purposes of the HOA I lived in it was a business.