San Jacinto, CA Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)

The visit limit sits in the required standards of § 17.615.060, which every home occupation must meet. Item 5 allows a maximum of one customer or client vehicle at any given time to visit the premises. Item 7 adds that the use shall not generate pedestrian or vehicular traffic beyond that determined by the Director to be normal for the zone or neighborhood in which it is located, so the Director, not a fixed trip count, sets the ceiling on foot and vehicle traffic. Item 8 keeps commercial vehicles and trailers off the site unless they are normally incidental to residential use, and it requires any parking the business generates to be met off the street and other than in a required yard.

The list of allowed activities in § 17.615.040(D) builds the same limit into individual trades. Barber or beauty services can have no more than one customer receiving services at any given time, and instruction in academics, music, voice, art, dance or similar activities can have no more than one pupil receiving instruction at any given time. Business, professional and sales offices must have no customers or clients visiting the site except as that section specifically allows, and medical, dental and similar uses with regular patient visits are excluded.

Other standards limit what draws visitors in the first place. Item 4 bars any direct on-site sale of products, wholesale or retail, and item 6 bars exterior use or storage of materials or mechanical equipment. Item 12 requires that the existence of the home occupation not be apparent beyond the boundaries of the subject site.

When the Director reviews a license under § 17.615.070, creating traffic or pedestrian hazards is a listed ground for denial. Under § 17.615.080 the Director can attach conditions on hours of operation, parking and traffic circulation.