Aurora, CO Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Public solicitation
- prohibited, invitation-only
- Clients at one time
- limited to one
- Traffic standard
- no more than normal residential
- Signage
- no external advertising
Summary
Aurora, Colorado limits home occupations to invited visitors only and bars traffic beyond what a residential street normally sees.
6. Except for parties entering the dwelling unit as a result of prior individual invitation, the general public shall not be invited to or solicited upon the premises. 7. Performance of any personal service, shall be limited to one pupil; client, which may include a partnership, married couple or parties engaged in a joint venture; or customer at any one time. ... 9. The activity shall not cause an amount of vehicular or pedestrian traffic not normally associated with the residential area in which the home occupation is conducted.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 2026-30, passed June 22, 2026).
Full Breakdown
Under UDO § 146-3.3.6.J, a home occupation in Aurora, Colorado may not invite or solicit the general public onto the premises, only parties entering as a result of a prior individual invitation are allowed. Personal services are capped at one client, pupil, or customer at a time (a partnership, married couple, or joint-venture parties count as one). The activity also can't generate vehicular or pedestrian traffic beyond what's normally associated with the residential area, and there can be no external signage or evidence advertising the business. This is UDO text, current through Ordinance 2026-03 (Feb. 23, 2026), separate from City Code Chapter 14 licensing.
Violations & Fines
Zoning code enforcement can cite an unpermitted home occupation as a zoning violation; repeat or unresolved traffic/nuisance complaints can lead to loss of home-occupation eligibility.
Frequently Asked Questions
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