A home occupation in Scott County's cities may not generate customer or delivery traffic beyond normal residential levels. Walk-in retail is barred, and client parking stays on the property.
Under the home-occupation rules in Shakopee, Savage, and Prior Lake, a home business must stay low-intensity: client visits, deliveries, and parking cannot exceed what a normal household generates. Retail with walk-in shoppers is not allowed, and services that would bring a steady stream of clients or require on-street customer parking fall outside the ordinance. Online sellers who ship orders and professionals who occasionally meet a client generally fit, as long as traffic stays modest. In the unincorporated townships the Scott County zoning ordinance sets the same expectation.
Repeated complaints of business traffic, on-street client parking, or walk-in customers can trigger a code-enforcement review of the home occupation and an order to stop the activity, with fines for continued violations.
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