Pasco, WA Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Max visit length
- 4 hours per client per day
- Allowed hours
- 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Vehicles on site at once
- 2 client vehicles max
- Daily vehicle cap
- 8 customer vehicles per day
- Governing section
- PMC 25.150.040(9)-(10)
Summary
Pasco caps home business client access under PMC 25.150.040(9)-(10): visits run at most four hours a day between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., no more than two client vehicles on site at once, and no more than eight customer vehicles visiting per day.
(9) Client access to residential location shall be limited to the following restrictions: (a) Client visits shall be limited to four hours per client visit per day; (b) Client visits shall be limited to the hours between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.; (c) Client automobile traffic shall be limited to two client vehicles on site at any given time; (10) No more than eight customer vehicles may visit the dwelling in a given day;
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 4837, passed May 4, 2026).
Full Breakdown
040 of the home occupation chapter treats client traffic as an environmental standard that must be met for the license to stand. , and client automobile traffic is limited to two client vehicles on site at any given time. Subsection (10) adds a daily aggregate cap, no more than eight customer vehicles may visit the dwelling in a given day, so a business cannot simply run many short visits to route around the two-vehicles-at-once rule. and 45 dBA overnight, which in practice also constrains how much vehicle and foot traffic a home business can generate.
Because client traffic is enforced as part of the license's environmental standards rather than as a separate permit condition, a home occupation that draws more cars or longer visits than the code allows is out of compliance the moment it exceeds any one of these numeric caps, not just when neighbors complain. 040 is a condition of keeping that approval in force.
Violations & Fines
Exceeding the four-hour visit limit, the 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. window, the two-vehicle-at-a-time cap, or the eight-vehicle daily total under 25.150.040(9)-(10) is grounds for revocation of the home occupation license by the City Planner under PMC 25.150.070. A written complaint under 25.150.080 triggers an investigation, and a license holder facing revocation may appeal only to the Hearing Examiner per 25.150.060; there is no separate fine schedule beyond the loss of the license.
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