Medford, OR Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Average daily trip cap
- 10 trips/day over any 5-day period
- Absolute daily cap
- 16 trips per day
- Trip counting
- Each arrival and departure counts separately
- Includes
- Both deliveries and customer visits
- Enforcement basis
- License review criterion under § 8.031(2)
Summary
Medford caps combined residential and business vehicle trips to a home-based business at an average of 10 per day over any five-day period, never exceeding 16 in a single day, under Municipal Code Section 8.031(2)(f).
(f) Total residential and business motor vehicle traffic to and from the premises (deliveries or customers) shall not exceed an average of 10 trips per day during any five-day period. In no case shall the total residential and business motor vehicle traffic to and from the premises exceed 16 trips per day. Each departure from and each arrival at the premises shall be counted as a separate trip.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 2026-32, passed May 6, 2026).
Full Breakdown
031(2)(f) of the Medford Municipal Code sets a traffic ceiling as one of the license-review criteria for home-based businesses: total residential and business motor vehicle traffic to and from the premises, counting both deliveries and customers, cannot exceed an average of 10 trips per day measured over any five-day period, and in no case may total traffic exceed 16 trips in a single day. The code specifies that each departure from and each arrival at the premises counts as a separate trip, so a single customer visit generates two counted trips. 031. 033.
Violations & Fines
Exceeding the trip limits under Section 8.031(2)(f) is grounds for the business license program designee to deny a pending application or revoke an existing home-based business license under Section 8.032, and operating an unlicensed or non-compliant home business is a violation under Section 8.900 with each day treated as a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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