Colorado Springs, CO Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- UDC Subsection 7.3.304I.3.l
- License required
- City Clerk's office massage therapist license
- Scheduling rule
- Appointment-only, 15 minutes between clients
- Base permit
- Home Occupation Permit under Section 7.5.504
Summary
A Colorado Springs home occupation permit for massage therapy comes with its own scheduling rule: UDC Subsection 7.3.304I.3.l requires the therapist to be licensed through the City Clerk's office and to see clients only by appointment, spaced at least 15 minutes apart to hold down client vehicle traffic.
l. A home-based massage therapist must be licensed by the City Clerk's office, and all client visits shall be on an appointment basis with a minimum of fifteen (15) minutes between appointments in order to limit client vehicle traffic.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-21: Code current through: Ord. 26-23, passed June 9, 2026).
Full Breakdown
3 are generic, no outside employees, no signage bigger than two square feet, no more than half the first floor used for the business, but item l singles out one profession for an added traffic-control rule: a home-based massage therapist must be licensed by the City Clerk's office, and all client visits must be on an appointment basis with a minimum of fifteen minutes between appointments. That means a massage therapist working from a Colorado Springs home cannot run a walk-in practice or back-to-back scheduling with no gap; every client must be scheduled in advance, and the therapist must build at least a 15-minute buffer between appointments so one client's car has cleared the block before the next arrives.
504 before any home-based massage practice may begin, and the general standards still apply, the therapy space must be secondary to the residential use, confined to the dwelling or an enclosed accessory structure, and must not create parking problems or nuisance to neighbors. The City Clerk's office issues the professional massage-therapist license referenced here separately from the Planning Department's home occupation permit, so a compliant home massage business in Colorado Springs needs both approvals in hand before opening.
Violations & Fines
Operating a home-based massage practice without City Clerk licensure, or booking clients without the required 15-minute appointment gap, violates UDC Subsection 7.3.304I.3.l and can result in revocation of the home occupation permit plus the general penalty under Section 1.1.201: a fine up to $2,500, up to 189 days in jail, or both, with each day of continued operation a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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