Oconee County, SC Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)

Home occupations are a conditional use, not a use permitted by right, in the Traditional Rural (TRD), Agricultural (AG), Agricultural Residential (ARD), Conservation (CD), Rural Residential (RRD), Residential (RD), Lake Residential (LRD), Community Commercial (CCD), and Highway Commercial (HCD) districts under Sec. 7, meaning the zoning official reviews and approves it against this standard and any other applicable district rules before issuing a zoning permit, per Sec. 1(a)(2). The traffic-based parking rule sits alongside the same standard the county applies to other traffic-generating conditional uses in Article 5, such as bed and breakfast inns and small restaurants, which likewise tie required parking to expected traffic rather than a fixed customer cap.

A home occupation that draws heavier client traffic than two off-street spaces can absorb has to add parking to match, since the ordinance measures compliance by whether parking is sufficient for the average amount of expected traffic, not by a hard visitor count. The zoning official may require a site plan under Sec. 4(4) showing the location and dimensions of that off-street parking before a permit issues, and Sec. 1(a)(2) subjects the conditional use to any other applicable requirements of the chapter, including the home occupation definition's separate limits on floor area and outside employees found in Sec. 2.