Nashville limits customer visits to home businesses to no more than 3 visits per hour and 6 visits per day. Home occupation activity must not create disturbances, excessive traffic, or noise in the neighborhood.
Metro Code home occupation permit rules restrict customer visits to a maximum of 3 per hour and 6 per day total. The permit explicitly prohibits activity that creates excessive traffic in the neighborhood. Parking by clients must comply with all Metro parking ordinances. Deliveries of commercial quantities of goods should not be visible indicators of business activity. The requirement that a home occupation create no neighborhood disturbance covers noise, odors, traffic, and visual changes. Violations are investigated by Metro Codes upon neighbor complaint.
Exceeding customer traffic limits or creating disturbances: citation + potential permit revocation.
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