Islip, NY Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)

Town of Islip Code Section 68-3 provides that 'parking for the home occupation use shall be installed, landbanked or screened from view pursuant to the direction of the Commissioner of Planning and Development or the Commissioner's designee.' This requirement flows from the core rule that a home occupation must not change the character of the building as a residence or the character of the site as a residential plot, so visible commercial parking or customer queuing is restricted. Combined with the one-nonresident-employee limit and the office-only nature of a permitted home occupation, the rule effectively keeps customer and client traffic at a low, residential level; intensive customer-traffic businesses are not permitted as home occupations in Islip's residential districts. The Commissioner of Planning and Development determines whether parking must be physically installed, held in reserve (landbanked), or screened so it is not visible from neighboring properties and the street.