Kennewick, WA Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Max customer/client visits
- 4 per day, appointment only
- Visits on premises at once
- 1 at a time
- Permitted visit hours
- 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
- What counts as one visit
- up to 4 people in a single vehicle
- Occupation vehicles on-site
- max 2, each under 10,000 lbs GVW
- Delivery vehicle cap for operator exception
- up to 26,000 lbs GVW
- Violation penalty
- misdemeanor under KMC 18.54.090
Summary
Kennewick caps home occupation client traffic at four appointment-only customer visits per day, with no more than one visit on the premises at a time and only between 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., under KMC 18.42.090(1)(m). A single visit can include up to four people arriving in one vehicle. Related standards limit occupation vehicles kept on-site and require the operator to handle most deliveries personally.
(j)All deliveries or shipments to or from the residence should be done by the operator of the occupation except for normal delivery service using delivery vehicles up to 26,000 pounds GVW;(k)No more than two vehicles, related to the occupation, not exceeding 10,000 pounds GVW, shall be kept on the premises, providing that appropriate off-street parking requirements are maintained;(l)There must be no exterior storage of materials or equipment other than the occupation-related vehicle;(m)There shall be no more than four customer/client visits per day, by appointment only, at the residence, and no more than one on the premises at any given time between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. For purposes of this section, one customer/client visit shall be considered to include not more than four persons arriving in a single vehicle; and
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 19 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
" That means a group of up to four people in one car uses only one of the four daily visit slots, but a fifth person, or a second car, would exceed it. Two adjoining standards in the same section reinforce the traffic limit. 090(1)(k) caps occupation-related vehicles kept on the premises at two, neither exceeding 10,000 pounds GVW, provided off-street parking requirements are still met. 090(1)(j) requires that deliveries or shipments to or from the residence generally be handled by the operator personally, except for normal delivery service using vehicles up to 26,000 pounds GVW, keeping heavy commercial truck traffic off residential streets.
090(1)(l) further bars exterior storage of materials or equipment other than the occupation-related vehicle itself, so client parking and loading can't spill into visible outdoor storage. 090(2), if the Planning Director finds an applicant in an R district cannot substantially meet each and every one of the section's criteria, including the visit cap, the application is denied outright.
Violations & Fines
Exceeding four appointment-only client visits a day, allowing more than one visit on the premises at once, or receiving visitors outside the 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. window violates KMC 18.42.090(1)(m) and is a misdemeanor under KMC 18.54.090. The Planning Director can also revoke the home occupation permit under KMC 18.54.010 for failing to operate within its conditions.
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Sources & Official References
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