Asheville, NC Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)

The city's home occupation standard treats visitor traffic as a district-compatibility issue, not just a nuisance concern. Sec. " The six-visitor cap sits alongside, but is separate from, the parking limit in subsection f, which restricts the business to only one vehicle principally used for the occupation parked or stored on the premises; a home occupation generating client visits by car still has to fit those visits within both the traffic cap and the one-vehicle allowance. The traffic limit applies specifically to individuals visiting for the home occupation itself, distinguishing it from ordinary household guests unrelated to the business.

Two related subsections, (h) and (j), are marked "Reserved," meaning the city removed or has not yet filled in additional standards there, leaving the six-person cap as the operative daily limit rather than one of several layered traffic rules. Subsection k separately bars any use listed as expressly prohibited in the Table of Permitted Uses at Sec. 7-8-1(d) from operating as a home occupation regardless of visitor volume.