Edmonds, WA Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Customer visit cap
- 1 vehicle per hour maximum
- Visiting hours
- 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. only
- Nonresident employees
- 1 visiting employee per day maximum
- Parking if visits occur
- 3 on-site spaces required
- Permit type
- Type II staff-approved permit
Summary
An Edmonds home occupation that draws customer visits caps them at one vehicle per hour, bars visits between 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., and requires a Type II staff-approved permit rather than an outright permitted use.
B. A home occupation which does not meet one or more of the requirements of subsection (A) of this section may be approved as a staff approval (Type II decision) if the home occupation will not harm the character of the surrounding neighborhood as evidenced by meeting all of the following criteria: ... ... 4. Does not include visits to the site from more than one nonresident employee per day; and 5. Does not include visits from customers in excess of one vehicle per hour; and 6. Does not include visits from customers between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.; and 7. If visits to the site are to be made by either an off-site employee or customer, on-site parking shall be provided for at least three vehicles; and
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 4444, passed August 3, 2026).
Full Breakdown
010(A) permits a home occupation outright only if it has no visits from employees or customers at all beyond the resident family. Once a home business wants to see customers or an outside employee, it moves into subsection (B), which allows a Type II staff-approved permit if the operator meets every listed criterion. , and if either an off-site employee or a customer will visit, the site must provide on-site parking for at least three vehicles. 020(C) lists exceeding one vehicle per hour of customer visits as one of the stated grounds the city can cite to deny a home occupation permit outright, alongside on-street parking of trucks or equipment and an unkempt dwelling site. 030 and automatically expires if the holder moves, or if the required city business license lapses or is revoked.
Violations & Fines
A home occupation that exceeds the one-vehicle-per-hour customer cap, allows visits outside 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., or otherwise fails the criteria in ECDC 20.20.010(B) is grounds for the director or hearing examiner to deny the Type II permit under ECDC 20.20.020(C). Because the permit is tied to the applicant and site under ECDC 20.20.030, it expires automatically if the business license required under Chapter 4.72 ECC is suspended or revoked, or if the applicant moves.
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