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De Pere, WI Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)

Some Restrictions
Compiled from the official code textEditor Martyn O'NeillLast verified September 2026

Key Facts

Trade-off
1 employee OR customers, not both
Applies to
Type B home occupations only
Nonresident employee
Includes partners and co-owners
Tutoring exception
Up to 4 students allowed by right
Household limit
Only 1 Type B use per household

Summary

A Type B home occupation in De Pere can have either customers or a nonresident employee, never both. Section 14-78(8)8.b bars a nonresident employee entirely once any client, customer or student visits the site at any time, and Type B use also needs conditional-use approval before it can accept walk-in traffic at all.

8. Supplemental Regulations for Type B Home Occupations a. Type B home occupations are allowed only if reviewed and approved in accordance with the conditional use procedures of 14-123, provided that instruction, teaching or tutoring of no more than 4 students at one time is permitted as or right. ... b. One nonresident employee is allowed with a Type B home occupation if no customers come to the site at any time. Home occupations that have clients, customers or students coming to the site at any time may not have nonresident employees.

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Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: the cited page had not changed since it was quoted.

Full Breakdown

Section 14-78(8)(b)2 already frames Type B as a home occupation with either one nonresident employee or customer visits, not necessarily both. b spells out the trade-off: one nonresident employee is allowed with a Type B home occupation only if no customers come to the site at any time, and any home occupation that has clients, customers or students visiting at any time may not have a nonresident employee at all. The ordinance defines nonresident employee broadly, covering an employee, business partner, co-owner or any other person affiliated with the home occupation who does not live at the site but visits as part of it.

a carves out one exception on the customer side: instruction, teaching or tutoring of no more than 4 students at a time is permitted as of right even though those students are visiting customers, but that carve-out does not lift the ban on also having a nonresident employee. b further limits the structure by prohibiting multiple Type B home occupations at one household and barring a Type A occupation from running alongside a Type B one.

Violations & Fines

A home occupation that keeps a nonresident employee while also serving on-site customers, clients or students violates Section 14-78(8)8.b and is an unlawful land use under Section 14-151(1)(a). The development services director enforces the rule under Section 14-150, the city may issue a municipal citation under Section 1-11 of the municipal code per Section 14-152(3), and each day the violation continues after notice is a separate offense under Section 14-151(2).

Frequently Asked Questions

Can my home-based business have both an employee and walk-in customers in De Pere?
No. Section 14-78(8)8.b says a Type B home occupation may have one nonresident employee only if no customers come to the site at any time; once clients, customers or students visit, the operation cannot also have a nonresident employee.
Who counts as a nonresident employee under this rule?
The ordinance defines it broadly. Section 14-78(8)8.b states the term includes an employee, business partner, co-owner or any other person affiliated with the home occupation who does not live at the site but visits it as part of the business.
Does tutoring my neighbor's kids count as customer traffic that blocks having an employee?
Tutoring gets special treatment on the customer side. Section 14-78(8)8.a allows instruction, teaching or tutoring of up to 4 students at a time as of right, but those students are still visiting customers, so under 8.b that home occupation still cannot also have a nonresident employee.

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