Home Occupations must not generate significant customer or client traffic. Only limited client visits by appointment are typically permitted.
Mountain View Home Occupation standards expressly limit on-site customer or client visits. The business must not cause traffic, parking, or activity beyond what is normal for a residential use. Typical allowances are small numbers of clients by appointment only, such as a piano teacher with one student at a time or a therapist meeting a few clients per day. Drop-in retail, open-house events, classes with multiple simultaneous students, and commercial deliveries beyond normal parcel service are not permitted. Parking must be accommodated on-site or under normal residential parking rules without creating neighborhood impacts. Repeated complaints about traffic, noise, or parking can lead to revocation of the Home Occupation Permit after notice and hearing.
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