Newark, OH Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)

Section 1248.03(c) of the Newark Code of Ordinances lets an occupant of a dwelling in the RS Suburban, RL Low Density, RM Medium Density and RH High Density districts of the City of Newark, Ohio keep an office within the dwelling only if eight conditions hold. Customer traffic is closed off at item (3): no customers coming to the dwelling. Related items shut the other doors a client visit would use: no visible signs of any type, no goods of any type sold or exchanged from inventory on site, and no employees working at the dwelling other than members of the occupant's immediate family.

Delivery traffic is capped at not more than one delivery per day in addition to the regular daily mail delivery from the U.S. Postal Service. Vehicle traffic is capped too: no parking or storage of vehicles related to the business that exceed a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 12,000 pounds, and no more than one vehicle related to the business parked outside an enclosed structure. All of the office space has to be inside the dwelling. The Agricultural District repeats the same eight conditions in § 1247.03(b).

A business that wants any other footprint has to qualify as a conditional use under § 1248.04 before the Board, and the definition of home business in § 1230.04(63) is a service business conducted by a resident occupant with no retail sales and no employees. The code states its intent that any such use is of low intensity.