Customer visits to home businesses are restricted in residential zones. Troy Zoning limits client visits to appointment-only with no more than one client at a time. Suburban towns typically cap visits at 4-8 per day.
New York has no statewide home-occupation standard, so rules are set locally. Troy Zoning Chapter 285, Article IV (Home Occupations) permits home businesses in R-1 through R-4 districts as accessory uses only, with strict limits: by appointment only, no more than one client/customer on site at any time, no signage beyond a 2-square-foot nameplate (often prohibited entirely), and no commercial delivery vehicles exceeding 1-ton capacity. Town of East Greenbush and North Greenbush caps visits at 4-8 per day in residential districts and may require a special-use permit for businesses serving more than that threshold. Brunswick and Schodack allow home occupations only if no customer traffic is generated (clients served off-site). Parking must be provided off-street — on-street client parking violations are common enforcement triggers.
Troy: excessive customer traffic $250-$1,000 per occurrence, potential use-permit revocation. Towns: cease-and-desist order plus $100-$500 fines; repeat violators face zoning-board enforcement actions.
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