St. Tammany Parish, LA Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Vehicle limit
- 3 vehicles on site at a time
- Instruction group size
- 1 student or family per session
- Instruction hours
- 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. only
- Unrelated students
- More than 1 needs conditional-use OK
- Delivery cap
- 1 round trip, 30-min unload, 2-axle max
- Permit
- Development plan review required
Summary
A home office or home occupation in unincorporated St. Tammany Parish cannot draw more traffic than a house normally sees. Sec. 600-6.2(4) caps on-site vehicles tied to the business at 3 at any one time, and if the business teaches lessons, only one student or family may attend per session, with instruction barred before 9:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m.
d.No more than 3 vehicles associated to the home office are allowed on the site at any 1 time...h.Deliveries are not allowed which utilize a vehicle which is larger than a typically parcel service truck (2 axles) in residential areas. The maximum amount of unloading time for deliveries made by a private service is 30 minutes. No more than one vehicle trip (round trip) per day which utilizes a parcel delivery service is allowed.i.Additional standards for those business activities which are associated or similar to providing services or products which are primarily a part of hobby-oriented activities for services of music, art or dance instruction (similar types of activities) and/or retail products for arts and craft fairs/exhibitions or consignment purposes:i.Only 1 student or family is allowed per session of instruction.ii.Instruction to more than 1 individual, who are not related, is prohibited unless approved as a conditional use.iii.Student for instruction cannot arrive before 9:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 12 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
St. Tammany Parish's Unified Development Code folds home-based businesses into the accessory-use standards for residential districts at Sec. 600-6.2(4), and several of its provisions target customer and vehicle traffic specifically. No more than 3 vehicles connected to the home office may be on site at any one time under subsection (d), and any vehicle tied to the business has to park in the driveway or a screened parking space rather than the road right-of-way under subsection (g); using the right-of-way to free up driveway space for the business is barred as well.
Deliveries are capped too: subsection (h) limits business deliveries to vehicles no larger than a standard two-axle parcel service truck, caps unloading time at 30 minutes, and allows only one round-trip delivery per day.
The tightest client-facing limits apply to instructional home occupations, lessons in music, art or dance and similar hobby-based services, under subsection (i). Only one student or one family may be on site per session, teaching more than one unrelated individual at a time requires a conditional-use approval from the Planning and Zoning Commission, and no student may arrive before 9:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m. Because the whole home-occupation use is also subject to development plan review by the Department of Planning and Development under subsection (a), an applicant proposing lessons or regular client visits has to disclose the expected traffic pattern before the parish approves the use.
Violations & Fines
A home occupation that draws more vehicles, deliveries or simultaneous clients than Sec. 600-6.2(4) allows is out of compliance with its development plan approval, and the Department of Planning and Development can pursue it through the parish's Chapter 2 bureau of administrative adjudication. A hearing officer can levy a fine plus a mandatory minimum $100.00 administrative cost under Sec. 2-551(c)(3), and under Sec. 2-556 the parish can suspend or revoke the home occupation's permit outright.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many cars can a home business have on the property at once in St. Tammany Parish?
Can I teach piano or art lessons out of my house?
Are there limits on deliveries to a home-based business?
Sources & Official References
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