Cabarrus County, NC Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)

Chapter 7, Section 7-3, Item 27, Home Occupation, General, sets the county's client-traffic rules for home-based businesses in the AO, CR, LDR, MDR, HDR and Limited Commercial districts. Subsection (e) requires that all parking needs for the operation of the home occupation be met through an off-street parking arrangement, including customer parking, meaning a home business cannot rely on street parking to accommodate visiting clients. Subsection (f) then flags the accessibility side of client visits: home occupations which allow clients or customers to visit the business may be subject to Accessibility Standards, and the ordinance directs applicants to contact Building Standards for those requirements prior to applying for the Home Occupation Permit, so the accessibility review happens on the front end of the permitting process rather than after the fact.

The Rural Home Occupation track (Item 28) carries the identical pairing of requirements: subsection (f) applies the same client-visit Accessibility Standards review through the Building Standards Department, and subsection (g) requires the same off-street parking arrangement for customers. Neither track sets a numeric cap on the number of client visits or vehicles permitted per day; the operative limits are the off-street parking requirement itself and the 25%-of-one-floor space cap (or, under the Rural track, the acreage-based accessory building size table) that constrain how large and how visited the operation can practically become.