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

5 lets residents run a home occupation as long as it stays clearly incidental to using the property as a dwelling. Before opening for business, the operator must get a Home Occupation Permit issued alongside the required city Business License under Chapter 10b of the City Code; the permit doesn't transfer if the business moves or changes hands. Subsection C sets the customer-traffic rule directly: up to eight patron visits are allowed each day, and only between 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM. The code doesn't limit how many people can be there at one time, only the running daily total of visits, so a home tutor or hairstylist can see multiple clients back-to-back as long as the eighth visit of the day ends the traffic for that day.

The same section bars deliveries and pickups other than mail and small parcels, capped at four small parcel deliveries per day, restricts employees to household residents, and requires the business to stay invisible from the street: no exterior signage, outdoor storage, or alterations that mark the home as commercial. Vehicles used for mobile services, like tow trucks or catering rigs, can't be based at a home occupation address, and traffic and parking generated by clients can't exceed what a typical residence would produce. 5(B) through (H).