Unincorporated Travis County imposes no customer-traffic limits on home businesses. Austin Code 25-2-901 caps home occupation client visits at 3 per day with no simultaneous clients, preserving residential character. Cottage food operators (TX HSC 437) are exempt and may sell directly from home. HOAs may impose stricter limits.
Austin Code 25-2-901(B) defines home occupation as incidental to residential use, specifically limiting client visits to 3 per day with no more than 1 client present at any time. Deliveries by common carrier (UPS/FedEx) do not count. Parking must be accommodated on-site without spillover to street. Home-based tutoring, music lessons, therapy, and professional consultation common uses. TX HSC 437 (Cottage Food Law) preempts local restriction on direct sales of non-hazardous homemade foods up to 50,000 dollars annual gross; customers may come to the home to purchase. Unincorporated Travis County has no customer limit beyond HOA covenants which typically prohibit business traffic entirely in master-planned communities.
Austin excess traffic: warning, then Class C misdemeanor up to 500 dollars per day, CO suspension. HOA: nuisance action, typically 250-2,500 dollar fines plus injunction. Cottage food exempt from local enforcement.
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