Salem, OR Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)

020, it cannot be modified through conditional use approval. The first standard requires that parking by customers or clients not create a hazard or excessive congestion, a functional test the City applies against the street and driveway conditions at the specific property rather than a fixed numeric visitor cap. The second standard limits any delivery and pick-up traffic connected with the home occupation to vehicles not exceeding two axles, which rules out box trucks, semi-trailers, and other heavy commercial delivery vehicles serving the business from residential streets.

These traffic controls sit alongside the broader nuisance standard in subsection (c), which separately bars a home occupation from creating noise or vibration impacts, and the storage standard in subsection (g), which prohibits outdoor storage or display of any materials, equipment, or merchandise connected with the business, keeping business-related activity from spilling into the yard or right-of-way. 020.