York County, SC Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Client visit cap
- 6/day (12/day for instruction uses)
- Visit limit
- 1 visit/day per client
- Allowed hours
- 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Nonresident employees
- 2 (large lot) / 1 (small lot)
- Small-lot parking
- Driveway only
- Governing table
- Table 155.675-1, § 155.675
Summary
York County caps home-based businesses at six client visits a day, one visit per client, between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., under the Land Development Code's home occupation performance standards. Music, art, craft or similar instruction uses get a higher cap of 12 visits a day. The limits apply on top of employee, parking and floor-area caps tied to lot size.
§ 155.675 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.
(A) Home occupations shall comply with the performance standards set forth in Table 155.675-1: Home Occupation Performance Standards. ... The home occupation receives not more than six client visits per day (limit one visit per day per each client), except as specified below. A music, art, craft, or similar instruction use receives not more than 12 client visits per day (limit one visit per day per each client). Client visits occur between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-49: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. 3925, passed 6-16-25).
Full Breakdown
675(A), sets the performance standards every home occupation in unincorporated York County must follow. m. A music, art, craft or similar instruction use gets a higher allowance of 12 client visits per day under the same one-visit-per-client rule. Lot size then drives other limits: large-lot occupations cap total occupied area at 5,000 square feet, allow up to two nonresident employees, and require parking at least 10 feet from the road right-of-way; small-lot occupations must be conducted entirely inside the principal dwelling (using no more than 25% of its gross floor area) or inside an accessory building capped at 1,500 square feet or the dwelling's floor area, whichever is less, allow only one nonresident employee, and confine parking to the driveway. 672 exempt list.
Violations & Fines
Exceeding the daily client visit cap, allowing more than one visit per client per day, or hosting clients outside the 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. window breaches Table 155.675-1's performance standards. Under § 155.676, the Planning and Development Services Director can order the home occupation made safe or terminated, and continued noncompliance can lead to revocation of the home occupation permit under the Land Development Code's enforcement subchapter, plus the county's general $500 fine or 30-day jail penalty in § 10.99 for each day the violation continues.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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