Car share, or vehicles for hire are subject to El Segundo Municipal Code Section 4.4 Vehicles for Hire, and Section 8.5f.1 Article F. Car Sharing Permits.
An individual operating a car share business that does not fall under the above standards, may be permitted as a Home Occupation, provided a business license is obtained and subject to the following:
"HOME OCCUPATION: The partial use of a dwelling unit for commercial or nonresidential uses by a resident thereof which is subordinate and incidental to the use of the dwelling for residential purposes, in compliance with all of the following conditions:
A. Not more than two hundred (200) square feet located in the dwelling shall be devoted to the home occupation;
B. There shall be no display of inventory, supplies, materials or merchandise on the premises;
C. No person shall be employed other than the immediate members of the family who reside on the premises;
D. No signs in connection with the home occupation, lighted or unlighted, shall be placed on the premises;
E. The home occupation shall not preempt the required off street parking spaces;
F. The home occupation shall not generate vehicular traffic not normally associated with residential uses;
G. No home occupation shall be permitted that creates noise, odor, dust, vibration, fumes, smoke, electrical interference or other objectionable conditions not normally associated with a residential occupancy; and
H. Notwithstanding the foregoing limitations on home occupations, until December 31, 1972, home occupations shall also include home occupations lawfully in existence on February 28, 1972, pursuant to definition of "certificate of occupancy" of this section as the same read on February 28, 1972."
Additionally, as conditions of the business license: 1) car share vehicle cannot be parked on city streets when listed for availability; 2) pick-up and drop-off cannot be conducted on the property; and, 3) the HO business license is only for listing of one car share vehicle.