Grand Rapids, MI Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Visitor cap
- 2 adults max at any time
- Applies to
- Class B Home Occupations
- Licensing office
- Grand Rapids City Clerk
- Class A businesses
- No client visits permitted
Summary
Grand Rapids caps Class B home occupations at two adult customers, clients, students, or patients on the premises at any one time under the City's home occupation ordinance.
Home Occupation—Class B... No more than two (2) adult customers, clients, students, or patients shall be on the premises at any one time.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 70).
Full Breakdown
Chapter 116 of the Grand Rapids City Code defines a Class B Home Occupation as a business that generates limited customer visitation and requires administrative review and licensing beyond a Class A (no-visitor) business. Section 7.641's Class B definition sets a hard visitor cap regardless of the business type: no more than two adult customers, clients, students, or patients may be on the premises at any one time.
Violations & Fines
Exceeding the two-visitor cap is grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation of the Class B license under § 7.648, and operating without a valid Home Occupation license is a municipal civil infraction.
Frequently Asked Questions
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