Irvington, NJ Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 650-54.G, Home occupations
- Visitor cap
- Average of 1 visitor/client per hour
- Allowed hours
- 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. only
- Comparison
- Home professional office allows 3/hour
- Penalty
- Up to $1,000 fine or 90 days jail
Summary
Irvington caps client visits to a home occupation at one visitor per hour. Township Code § 650-54.G limits a home-based business to an average of no more than one visitor or client per hour between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., and bars visitors entirely outside those hours.
On a typical workday, there shall be on average not more than one visitor or client per hour visiting the home occupation during the normal workday of 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and none at other times.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4996945; v39 updated 2026-07-13; through 07-13-2026).
Full Breakdown
Irvington's Chapter 650 draws a sharp line between two categories of home-based work. ; no visitors are permitted at any other time. The average-per-hour standard means a business that draws a burst of clients in some hours and none in others still has to net out to no more than one an hour across the workday. G, which permits an average of up to three visitors or clients per hour under the same 9-to-6 window, but only for offices on a property fronting an arterial or collector street identified in the Township Master Plan.
H. I. Together these restrictions cap not just how many people can visit a home business but who can work there and how goods move in and out, so a home occupation that draws steady client traffic beyond one an hour, or that relies on employee or delivery traffic, is outside the standard even if the underlying business is otherwise a permitted use in the zone.
Violations & Fines
A home occupation exceeding the one-visitor-per-hour average violates § 650-54 and is enforced under Chapter 650's general penalty at § 650-94: written notice by certified mail or personal service, five days to cure, then a fine up to $1,000 or 90 days' imprisonment per violation, with each continuing day counted as a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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