Iron County, UT Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Trip cap above baseline
- 20 average daily trips maximum
- Hard daily cap
- 36 trips per 24 hours
- Permit required
- Administrative land use permit, Ch. 17.38
- Vehicle limit
- One business vehicle, one ton max
- Occupancy rule
- Owner must occupy the dwelling
Summary
Iron County Code Section 17.36.280(I) caps traffic generated by an expanded home occupation at twenty average daily trips above what the dwelling itself produces, with a hard ceiling of thirty-six trips in any twenty-four-hour period. The zoning administrator grants the underlying administrative land use permit only if this traffic condition, and several others, are met.
Expanded home occupations may be authorized as an administrative land use permit by the zoning administrator in zones established in Section 17.16.030, Table of Uses, and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 17.38, Administrative Land Use Permits. ... The expanded home occupation: ... I.Does not produce traffic volumes exceeding that produced by the dwelling unit by more than twenty average daily trips or a maximum of thirty-six trips during any twenty-four-hour period;
Full Breakdown
Expanded home occupations in unincorporated Iron County require an administrative land use permit issued by the zoning administrator under Section 17.36.280, in the zones listed in the Table of Uses at Section 17.16.030 and following the procedures of Chapter 17.38. Subsection I is the traffic condition: the business cannot produce traffic volumes exceeding what the dwelling unit itself generates by more than twenty average daily trips, and no more than thirty-six trips total in any twenty-four-hour period, counting deliveries, employees and visiting clients together. The traffic cap works alongside the other conditions in the same section: no more than one non-resident employee (subsection A), only one business vehicle up to one ton with one trailer up to twenty feet, parked off-street (subsection E), no abnormal noise, vibration, light, odor, dust or interference noticeable beyond the property line (subsection G), and the principal dwelling must be occupied by the home occupation's owner and proprietor (subsection K).
The zoning administrator reviews a complete application against every listed condition before granting the permit; failing to meet the traffic cap, or any other listed condition, is grounds to deny, condition, or later revoke the permit under Section 17.72.140 if the county finds the business is generating impacts materially exceeding what a residential use alone would create.
Violations & Fines
Exceeding the traffic condition, or any other Section 17.36.280 requirement, makes the business an unauthorized use subject to zoning enforcement under Chapter 17.72: a Class B misdemeanor with up to a $1,000 fine and six months in jail, or an administrative citation carrying fines up to $200 initially and $200 per week under Section 17.72.100. The zoning administrator can also revoke the administrative land use permit itself under Section 17.72.140 for materially inaccurate information or unmet conditions.
Frequently Asked Questions
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