San Angelo, TX Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)

Section 413 of the Zoning Ordinance treats a home business as a use residents are entitled to only so long as it does not generate commercial-scale traffic. Two numeric caps do the real work. First, Sec. 413.A.8 limits delivery and pickup of materials to and from the home occupation to two trips per week by a commercial vehicle, a term defined in Sec. 10.04.061 of the Code of Ordinances; a courier or supplier truck rolling up more often than that puts the operation out of compliance. Second, for occupations built around seeing people rather than shipping goods, such as tutoring, counseling or treatment services, Sec. 413.B.1.a caps client visits to ten persons per day at the residence and no more than six days a week, so a busy Saturday cannot make up for a light Tuesday if the weekly pattern still tops the cap.

Retail-style foot traffic is restricted even harder. Sec. 413.A.6 bars selling stock, goods or merchandise on the premises unless it was actually prepared or produced there, and even then, direct sales of other merchandise are allowed only 'by prior individualized invitation,' not open browsing or walk-in retail. Combined with the ban on exterior signage larger than two square feet and the requirement that the whole operation stay inside the principal building, these limits are designed to keep a residential street from feeling like it has a storefront on it. The Planning Department can inspect the property to verify actual visit and delivery volumes match what the operator reports.