Long Beach, CA Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)

235(B)(9) sets the numeric ceiling that separates a lawful home occupation from an unpermitted home business: visitors, customers or deliveries can't 'exceed that which normally and reasonably occurs for a residence,' which the code then quantifies at no more than two business visitors an hour, eight visitors a day, and two product or material deliveries a week. That cap applies on top of the other standards in the same subsection, no more than two residents working in the business, no exterior signage, and no more than two business vehicles on site (only one commercially plated), so an operator with heavy walk-in traffic will often also be tripping the vehicle and parking rules at the same time.

The code carves out one exception: a Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operation (MEHKO) is exempt from this visitor cap entirely and instead follows the state ceiling in California Health and Safety Code § 113825, which allows up to 30 meals a day and 90 meals a week served dine-in, delivery or pick-up. 235(B) that 'shall be complied with at all times,' consistently exceeding two visitors an hour or eight a day is grounds for the City to treat the operation as out of compliance with its home occupation approval, independent of any separate nuisance or parking complaint.