Loveland, CO Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Minor occupation limit
- One client or pupil at a time
- Major occupation limit
- Four persons at once, 12 per day
- Barber/beauty exception
- Max two stations regardless of client cap
- Client hours
- None 10:00 PM to 7:00 AM
- Effective date
- November 20, 2018
Summary
Loveland caps how many clients a home occupation can see at once: a minor home occupation may serve only one client or pupil at a time, while a major home occupation, which requires a city permit, may serve up to four people at once and no more than 12 in any 24-hour period.
No more than one client or pupil shall be served at one time on the subject property. ... No more than four persons at one time may avail themselves of the services provided by the home occupation, or more than 12 people during a 24-hour period. Barber and beauty shops shall have no more than two stations.
Full Breakdown
3 limits a minor home occupation, the no-permit-required category available in every residential district, to serving no more than one client or pupil at one time on the subject property. e caps it at no more than four persons at one time who avail themselves of the home occupation's services, and no more than 12 people during a 24-hour period, with a further carve-out that barber and beauty shops operating as major home occupations are limited to no more than two stations regardless of the four-person cap.
5 limitation that bars clients, customers, pupils or employees from being on the premises for business purposes between 10:00 PM and 7:00 AM, and the requirement that no additional off-street parking be created to accommodate the traffic. Food-related home occupations under either tier must clear the Larimer County Health Department before clients are served on site, and proof of that approval must be on file with the City before a major home occupation's business occupancy permit issues. 06 on November 20, 2018.
Violations & Fines
Serving more clients than the one-at-a-time minor cap or the four-at-a-time, 12-per-day major cap, or hosting clients between 10:00 PM and 7:00 AM, is a home-occupation violation the City can enforce under UDC Chapter 18.18, which can require the operator to obtain the correct permit tier, reduce client volume, or cease the home occupation entirely.
Frequently Asked Questions
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