Millcreek, PA Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)

Section 145-57 of the Millcreek Township Code sets three conditions for a Home Occupation. Subsection A says the use cannot create greater vehicular or pedestrian traffic than that which is normal for the residences in the neighborhood. The test is the surrounding street, not a fixed number of clients, so a tutoring or consulting practice in a quiet cul-de-sac has less room than one on a busier road. Subsection B requires all parking needs generated by the home occupation to be provided on the lot if the parking exceeds one hour.

A client who stays under an hour is not covered by that on-lot rule, but anyone staying longer must have a space on the lot. Subsection C applies wherever the Home Occupation is a Permitted Use or a Special Exception: no merchandise available for sale can be displayed on the premises, though merchandise can be stored there for pickup or delivery. The definition in § 145-11 sets the scale. Professional offices and similar skilled services are limited to not more than one paid assistant, and individual instrument lessons are limited to a single person at a time.

Group dance lessons, group band instruction and retail sales establishments are excluded from the definition altogether. The lighter No-Impact Home-Based Business category is stricter on visitors: it involves no customer, client or patient traffic, whether vehicular or pedestrian, pickup, delivery or removal functions, in excess of those normally associated with the residential use, and it cannot show any outside appearance of a business, including parking, signs or lights.