Washington County, UT Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)

Section 10-26-4, Major Home Occupations, addresses client traffic directly. Subsection G requires the owner or leaseholder to "provide an accurate description of estimated traffic, on and off street parking, and deliveries from commercial suppliers" as part of the license application reviewed by the Community Development director. Subsection I bars any major home occupation from introducing "noise, fumes, smoke, odor, dust, lighting, traffic, or on-street parking above what is customary for the zone, the neighborhood, or the property," and separately caps noise at 70 decibels measured at the property line for any continuous ten-minute period during the day.

Subsection K(8) lists "Home office (client visits 8 or less per 24 hour period)" as an approved example of a major home occupation, distinguishing it from the minor "home office (negligible client visits)" category that needs no license at all. Subsection F requires the major home occupation to provide "an additional off street parking area reasonably adequate to accommodate needs created by the home occupation," on top of normal residential parking, so an approved home office with client visits must show where those extra cars will park.

Every major home occupation, including a client-visit home office, requires a Community Development application and a business license renewed every one or two years, and Ordinance 2026-1321-O, adopted May 19, 2026, is the ordinance currently governing this chapter.