Home businesses in Grand Rapids must not generate customer or client traffic exceeding normal residential levels. Businesses with frequent walk-in customers are not suitable for home occupation status.
Grand Rapids' home occupation regulations limit the amount of customer and client visits to the residence. The business must not generate traffic, parking demand, or commercial activity beyond what is normal for a residential neighborhood. Businesses that require frequent customer visits, retail sales from the home, or regular commercial deliveries may not qualify as home occupations. Internet-based businesses, freelance work, and professional consulting are ideal home occupation uses.
Excessive traffic or commercial activity may result in zoning enforcement and orders to cease the business or relocate to a commercial zone.
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