Howell, NJ Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)

Howell Township Code § 188-64B sets the traffic and visitor conditions for a home office in Howell Township, Monmouth County. The rule is a flat ban on client traffic: no nonresident employees, customers, or business invitees or guests shall use or visit the dwelling unit for business purposes. The Township Council wrote this into the permitted accessory use itself, so a home office that brings clients to the door falls outside the use.

The companion conditions close the other routes for business traffic. The use operates solely within the residence, with no outdoor activities permitted, and it cannot be evident from outside of the home. There is no outside appearance of a business use, including parking, storage or lights. No merchandise or products are offered for sale on the residential premises.

Deliveries are controlled by name. Delivery trucks are limited to US Postal Service, United Parcel Service, Federal Express, and other similar delivery services providing regular services to residential uses in the zone district. Subsection B(13) then caps vehicle traffic: all vehicle traffic to and from the home office use is limited in volume, type and frequency to what is normally associated with other residential uses in the zone district.

The family day-care home in subsection D is treated differently because its purpose is drop-off. Its vehicle traffic is limited in volume, type and frequency to pickup and dropoff of children, and it carries the same named-carrier delivery limit.

Section 188-169 puts enforcement with the Land Use Officer, Construction Official, Zoning Inspector or Code Enforcement Officer.