New Berlin, WI Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)

Chapter 275's home occupation rules let a resident run a business as an accessory use in any agricultural or residential district, but only after staff review and administrative approval (§ 275-42 J(1)(a)). window, closing off early-morning and evening traffic through a residential street. Parking for that traffic is controlled too. Subsection J(1)(i) requires the applicant to demonstrate sufficient off-street parking for the home occupation, and requires that all vehicle parking for both the residence and the business happen on the property itself, not on the street or a neighbor's driveway.

The home occupation is also capped at 20% of the principal dwelling's building area (§ 275-42 J(1)(b)), may employ no more than one nonresident worker (§ 275-42 J(1)(g)), and cannot change the outside appearance of the home or be visible from the street (§ 275-42 J(1)(e)). Retail and wholesale sales are barred except for goods actually made on the premises (§ 275-42 J(1)(h)). The Department of Community Development administers the staff-review approval, and enforcement of the Zoning Code runs through the general penalty at Code of the City of New Berlin § 1-18: a first offense carries a forfeiture of not less than $5 nor more than $1,000 plus costs of prosecution, rising to not less than $10 for a second offense within one year.