Boise, ID Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Deliveries/pickups
- 2 per day, 8am-6pm weekdays
- Instructional classes
- 1 student at a time, 8/day max
- Abnormal traffic
- Prohibited outright
- Retail sales
- Only items made on-site
- Review path
- Zoning Compliance Review if noncompliant
Summary
Boise caps home-business deliveries at two per day, limits instructional classes to one student at a time, and bans any home occupation that causes abnormal automotive or pedestrian traffic.
Deliveries and pickups shall be limited to two per day between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Instructional classes shall be limited to one student at a time with a maximum of eight per day. ... Occupations that cause abnormal automotive or pedestrian traffic or that are objectionable due to unsightliness, odor, dust, smoke, noise, glare, heat, vibration, or similar disturbances...
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-31: Code current through: Ord. 20-26, passed 6-9-2026).
Full Breakdown
Under Boise's Home Occupation, Other standards, a home-based business run without a Zoning Compliance Review must limit deliveries and pickups to two per day between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and instructional classes to one student at a time (max eight per day). A Home Occupation is outright prohibited if it causes abnormal automotive or pedestrian traffic, or is objectionable due to unsightliness, odor, dust, smoke, noise, glare, heat, vibration, or similar disturbances. Businesses that can't meet these limits need Planning Director approval via Zoning Compliance Review, which still requires the owner-operator to live on site.
Violations & Fines
The Planning Director enforces via Zoning Compliance Review denial or revocation; occupations causing abnormal traffic or exceeding delivery/class limits are prohibited home occupations, subject to code enforcement action.
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