Coeur d'Alene, ID Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)

Section 17.06.720C of the Coeur d'Alene Municipal Code sets the traffic cap for home occupations in any zoning district where they are permitted. The cap counts pedestrian and vehicular traffic together: no combination can total more than twenty (20) trips per day, calculated by taking the average over five (5) working days. The code defines a trip as a single or one-direction vehicle or pedestrian movement with either the origin or destination, exiting or entering, inside the property location of the home occupation. A client who arrives and leaves therefore counts as two trips, and so does a delivery driver.

Parking is handled in Section 17.06.720D. A home occupation that generates overnight or long-term parking, defined as greater than 3 hours in duration, must demonstrate the adequacy of on-street parking abutting the site, or alternatively that adequate off-street parking has been provided.

The City checks these numbers before the business starts. The certificate form under Section 17.06.715 asks for anticipated traffic generation and for the on-street and off-street parking available, and the site plan must show off-street parking. Related limits in Section 17.06.725 keep deliveries small in residential districts: a home occupation cannot involve commercial vehicles for delivery of materials to or from the premises, other than a vehicle not to exceed one ton owned, rented or leased by the operator. Section 17.06.720B also bars retail display: goods unrelated to the service cannot be sold from shelves or racks, though a customer can pick up an order placed earlier by telephone or at a sales party. Signs are limited to those permitted in the applicable zoning district.