Palm Springs, CA Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Advertising limit
- Cannot advertise to encourage foot or vehicle traffic
- Traffic rule
- Any increase in pedestrian/vehicular traffic is prohibited
- Staffing cap
- Only residents, max two, may work the business
- Public contact
- No on-site retail/wholesale contact with the public
- Enforcement
- Notice-and-revocation under Sec. 5.22.070
Summary
Palm Springs home occupation permits bar any increase in customer traffic outright. Municipal Code Sec. 5.22.050(5) and (10) forbid advertising that draws pedestrian or vehicular visitors and prohibit the home occupation entirely if it causes any increase in foot or car traffic, effectively closing the door on walk-in or drive-up clients.
(4) No one other than a resident, and no more than two residents of the dwelling shall be employed in the conduct of a home occupation. (5) A permittee of a home occupation shall not advertise that occupation in a manner which encourages pedestrian or vehicular traffic to the premises. ... (10) A home occupation shall not be permitted if it causes any increase in pedestrian or vehicular traffic. (11) No retail or wholesale sales or service type businesses shall be conducted on the premises if on-site contact with the public occurs.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4923139; v14 updated 2026-06-24).
Full Breakdown
22's home occupation regulations treat customer traffic as a bright line rather than something to be managed. Sec. 050(5) bars a permittee from advertising the home occupation "in a manner which encourages pedestrian or vehicular traffic to the premises," and subsection (10) goes further: "A home occupation shall not be permitted if it causes any increase in pedestrian or vehicular traffic" at all, whether or not advertising was involved. " Staffing is capped too: subsection (4) allows only a resident of the dwelling, and no more than two residents, to work in the home occupation, so a business that brings in outside employees or unrelated foot traffic already exceeds the chapter's terms before a single advertisement goes out. Because these are conditions of the permit itself under Sec. 22 violation under Sec. 070.
Violations & Fines
A home occupation that draws increased pedestrian or vehicular traffic, or advertises in a way designed to do so, is operating outside its permit under Sec. 5.22.050(5) and (10). The business license collector can issue a certified-mail notice of violation under Sec. 5.22.070, with the permit deemed revoked ten days later unless the operator appeals through the Chapter 3.68 procedure or eliminates the traffic-generating activity first; Sec. 5.22.090 also treats the violation as a public nuisance.
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