Fall River, MA Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- On-site clients/customers
- Not permitted
- On-site pupils/salespersons
- Not permitted
- Applies to
- As-of-right home occupations
- Enforced by
- Building Commissioner
Summary
Fall River bars a home-based business from serving clients, customers, pupils or salespeople on the premises: one of the conditions for operating as an as-of-right home occupation.
The home occupation shall not serve clients, customers, pupils, salespersons, or the like on premises.
D. There shall be no interior or exterior signs, exterior display, exterior storage of materials, and no other interior or exterior indication of the home occupation, or other variation from the residential character of the premises.
E. No use or storage of hazardous materials in quantities greater than associated with normal household use shall be permitted.
F. Traffic generated shall not exceed volumes normally expected in a residential neighborhood.
G. Only one home occupation shall be conducted on the premises.
H. There shall be a maximum of two employees and they must reside within the building.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4739915; v14 updated 2025-12-23; through 12-23-2025).
Full Breakdown
To qualify as an as-of-right accessory home occupation, the zoning code requires that the business not serve clients, customers, pupils, salespersons, or the like on the premises. This sits alongside the other home-occupation conditions, work confined indoors, no more than 20% of floor area used, no exterior signage, and traffic no greater than normal for a residential neighborhood, and applies regardless of the residential district.
Violations & Fines
Hosting clients, customers or pupils at a home business forfeits its as-of-right status under § 86-467 and is a zoning violation enforced by the Building Commissioner/Inspector of Buildings.
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