Customer traffic is the dividing line for Fayetteville home businesses. A home occupation that draws client or customer vehicle trips to the home is a Use Unit 24 conditional use; the Planning Commission reviews traffic and parking before it can operate.
Fayetteville defines a home occupation partly by whether it generates motor-vehicle traffic. Under Chapter 151, a business that brings clients or customers to the dwelling is a commercial-style home occupation; one that does not is simply a residential use. Traffic-generating home occupations are Use Unit 24, a conditional use in residential districts, so the Planning Commission evaluates parking, traffic, and neighborhood compatibility as part of the permit. Only residents may be employed, which keeps trip generation low. Businesses that would create significant customer traffic or on-street queuing are directed to commercially zoned locations instead.
Generating customer traffic without conditional-use approval, or exceeding permit conditions, is a violation; fines run up to $500 per offense or $250 per day continuing under §10.99.
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