Revere, MA Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)

Section 17.44.070, 'Traffic, Parking,' sets the client-visit standard for every home occupation in Revere: no home occupation shall generate traffic volumes greater than would normally be expected in a residential neighborhood, and any need for parking generated by the occupation shall be provided on the site. The rule works in two parts. The traffic half is a comparative standard rather than a fixed trip count: if the business brings in more cars, deliveries or client visits than a typical house on the same street would see, it exceeds the allowance regardless of the occupation's category on Section 17.44.020's permitted list. The parking half is absolute: any spaces the business needs for clients, employees or deliveries have to be accommodated on the homeowner's own lot, not on the public street or a neighbor's driveway, which in practice caps how many client visits a home occupation on a small residential lot can realistically host in a day.

The traffic and parking standard sits alongside a companion nuisance rule in Section 17.44.080, which separately bars a home occupation from generating noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors or electrical interference beyond that which could be normally expected from a residential use. Together the two sections let Revere's building inspector act on complaints about a home business's outside impact, whether the complaint is about cars parked along the curb or disruption from the operation itself, without a numeric client cap written into the ordinance.