Sandy, UT Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Visitors per hour
- 2 maximum (Category I)
- Visitors per day
- 8 maximum (Category I)
- Deliveries/pickups
- 2 per day maximum
- Category II ceiling
- Up to 12 visitors/day with CUP
- Delivery vehicle weight cap
- 23,000 lbs GVWR
Summary
Sandy caps a home occupation's client traffic at two business-related visitors per hour and eight per day, plus no more than two deliveries or pickups daily. Exceeding those numbers reclassifies the business as generating excessive traffic, requiring a Category II conditional use permit.
Traffic. Vehicular traffic from business related visitors and customers shall not exceed that which normally and reasonably occurs for a home in the neighborhood and shall be conducted so that the neighbors will not be significantly impacted by its existence. The home occupation shall be limited to two business related visitors or customers per hour, to a maximum of eight business related visitors or customers per day. Business related deliveries or pickups shall not exceed two per day... Home Occupations Generating Excessive Traffic. Any home occupation which will generate in excess of two customers or visitors per hour or eight per day. A maximum of 12 business-associated visitors per day may be allowed under a conditional use permit, except as provided for child day care and other group child activities.
Full Breakdown
Under § 21-11-5's Category I traffic standard, vehicular traffic generated by business visitors and customers "shall not exceed that which normally and reasonably occurs for a home in the neighborhood," and the ordinance backs that general standard with hard numbers: two business-related visitors or customers per hour, capped at eight per day, with business-related deliveries or pickups limited to two per day. A separate clause in the same section flags "Home Occupations Generating Excessive Traffic" as a category requiring extra review: any home business expected to exceed two visitors per hour or eight per day can seek a Category II conditional use permit from the Planning Commission, which may allow up to a maximum of 12 business-associated visitors per day, except for child day care and group child activities, which are governed by their own, higher numeric limits elsewhere in the same section.
Delivery vehicles serving a home occupation are separately capped at a gross vehicle weight rating of 23,000 pounds or less, keeping large box trucks out of residential streets even when deliveries stay within the daily count.
Violations & Fines
A home occupation that draws more than two visitors an hour or eight a day without first securing a Category II conditional use permit is out of compliance with § 21-11-5 and can have its home occupation license denied or revoked by the Business License Office. Operating an unlicensed or noncompliant home business is also enforceable under the Code's general penalty, §§ 1-2-2 and 1-2-3, a Class B misdemeanor carrying up to $1,000 in fines and up to six months in jail for an individual.
Frequently Asked Questions
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