Dublin, CA Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Customer visits
- Barred for merchandise pickup or service
- Trip cap
- 5 pedestrian/vehicular trips per day
- Delivery cap
- 2 deliveries per day
- Delivery hours
- None between 9pm and 8am
- Exception
- Up to 2 students at a time (subsection S)
- Enforcement
- Ch. 8.144 and Ch. 4.04
Summary
Dublin, California bars Home Occupations from selling or leasing merchandise or providing services that require a customer to visit the premises, per Dublin Municipal Code §8.64.030(L), and caps total activity at five pedestrian or vehicular trips and two deliveries per day under §8.64.030(T), with no deliveries between 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.
L. Merchandise for Sale, Lease or Rent, or Services Provided. No merchandise or goods shall be sold, leased or rented from the premises if the sale, lease or rental requires the customer to visit the premises for delivery. No services shall be provided from the premises if the service requires the customer to visit the premises for the service provided (except Students permitted by subsection S of this section). ... T. Vehicular Trips/Delivery Trips. No Home Occupation shall generate more than five additional pedestrian or vehicular trips per day. No Home Occupation shall generate more than two delivery trips per day and no deliveries shall be made between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 2-26, passed March 3, 2026).
Full Breakdown
L prohibits selling, leasing, or renting merchandise from a Home Occupation's premises if the transaction requires the customer to visit for delivery, and separately prohibits any service that requires the customer to visit the premises for the service, carving out only an exception for Students permitted under subsection S. m. either. M). The trip and delivery caps were last revised by Rev. Ord. 25-14 in December 2014, carrying forward limits set by Rev. Ord. 9-03 in July 2003.
Violations & Fines
Allowing customers to visit for merchandise pickup or an in-person service, or exceeding the five-trip or two-delivery daily caps, violates §8.64.030 and is enforced under §8.64.060 through Chapter 8.144 (Enforcement) and Chapter 4.04 (Business Registration); the Director of Community Development can also find repeated nuisance-level traffic a violation of §8.64.030.M.
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Sources & Official References
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