Under Fort Worth Zoning Sec. 5.116.A, the combined number of employees, customers, and family members present at a home occupation at one time cannot exceed the legal occupancy of the dwelling unit. Activity must remain invisible from the street.
Sec. 5.116.A treats customer traffic as part of the overall occupancy limit. The number of employees working at a home occupation, in combination with family members or other residents living in the dwelling and customers of the home occupation, cannot exceed the permitted occupancy of the dwelling unit. There is no separate daily customer cap, but the rule effectively limits walk-in or appointment traffic so that the cumulative head count never exceeds occupancy. All activity must remain inside the dwelling, attached garage, or one accessory building, and must not be visible from the street.
Exceeding occupancy or generating visible customer traffic is a Class C misdemeanor enforceable with fines up to $500 per day. Repeated violations may prompt revocation of the right to operate the home occupation and a cease-and-desist order.
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