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

240(a) sets numeric traffic caps as a condition of the home occupation permit issued by the zoning administrator. Subsection (8) provides that the use shall not attract more than two vehicles concurrently nor more than 10 vehicles per day, meaning a home business exceeding either threshold no longer qualifies for its permit. Subsection (9) separately bars the use from generating pedestrian traffic beyond that normal to the district, so a home business drawing walk-in clients at a volume out of character with the surrounding residential street is out of compliance even if vehicle counts stay under the cap.

The same section allows the home occupation to include one commercial vehicle not exceeding a one-ton payload (subsection (10)), and limits solid waste generation to 30 gallons per week (subsection (11)), both of which the zoning administrator can weigh alongside the traffic limits when reviewing complaints. Because these are listed among the criteria the zoning administrator must find satisfied before issuing or renewing a permit, a documented pattern of excess vehicle trips or foot traffic is grounds to deny a renewal application or revoke an existing home occupation permit issued under this chapter.