Cupertino, CA Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)

030's Sales Activity standard is built to keep residential streets from turning into retail traffic: direct sale of products off display shelves or racks to the general public is prohibited outright, and an order may be filled on the premises only if it was placed earlier by phone, mail, or through a sales party. Even sales parties are capped, at no more than two in any calendar month. Home occupations dealing in vehicles or vessels face a flat additional bar: they cannot keep any vehicle on the premises at any time or deliver one to a renter or purchaser there.

The Traffic standard in the same table restricts deliveries to and from the premises per the Municipal Code and requires that pedestrian, automobile or truck traffic not rise significantly above what is normal for the zone. Two related rows reinforce the same goal: Employment limits a home occupation to household members plus no more than one non-resident employee on the premises, and Business Vehicle caps a business-use vehicle at one per site, sized no larger than a passenger auto, pickup truck, or similar van. Together these standards mean a Cupertino home business can take phone or mail orders and hold occasional in-home sales events, but cannot operate as a walk-in storefront or run a vehicle sales lot from a residential driveway.