Pembroke Pines, FL Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)

02(A)(12) provides that no traffic shall be generated by a home-based business in greater volume than would normally be expected in the neighborhood, measuring the business's impact against what an ordinary residence on that street would produce rather than against a fixed trip-count number. Clause (2) applies the same neighborhood-normal standard to parking, stating that parking related to the business activities may not be greater in volume than would normally be expected at a similar residence where no business is conducted. Clause (3) folds commercial vehicles and trailers tied to the home business into the city's general residential parking rules for commercial vehicles, and specifically bars parking them within the right-of-way, on or over a sidewalk, or on any unpaved surface.

02(B), the applicant acknowledges the city's right to inspect the premises at reasonable times and to investigate complaints, which is the primary mechanism for catching a business that is drawing more customer or delivery traffic than the neighborhood would otherwise see. Because the standard is comparative rather than numeric, a code enforcement investigation typically documents actual vehicle counts and compares them against nearby non-business residences on the same block.