Portland, ME Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)

Section 6.6.2(E)(8) sets two distinct standards. First, overall volume: 'The home occupation shall not create vehicular or pedestrian traffic in greater volumes than average for a residential neighborhood', a comparative test measured against what's typical for the surrounding residential street, not a fixed trip count. Second, safety: 'The home occupation and any related activity shall not create any traffic hazards or nuisances in public rights-of-way,' which applies regardless of overall volume. This traffic standard works alongside the separate client-visit-hours limit of 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. in Section 6.6.2(E)(9), the two-nonresident-employee staffing cap in Section 6.6.2(E)(7), and the outright ban on storing semi-trucks, trailers, or heavy construction/landscaping equipment used in a commercial business under Section 6.6.2(E)(10), all of which limit how much vehicle activity a home occupation can bring to a residential street. A business generating no customer or employee traffic at all, no employees, no customers, no external impacts, is exempt from the whole subsection under Section 6.6.2(E)(13).