Sherman, TX Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)

The customer limits for a home occupation in the City of Sherman, Texas sit in note [2] to the use chart in § 14.10.001. Condition (F) is the numeric cap: a home occupation shall not involve more than four patrons on the premises at one time. Condition (C) adds a separate cap for teaching: instructional classes can be held outside the main building, with a maximum of six students allowed in each session and the other stipulations of the section still met.

Condition (J) controls the traffic and parking side. No traffic shall be generated by a home occupation in greater volumes than normally expected in a residential neighborhood. Any need for parking must be accommodated within the off-street parking provided for the residence, which the code identifies as the driveway or garage, and along the street frontage of the lot. A business that needs more parking than that does not fit the standard.

Condition (H) lets a home occupation sell products on the premises, provided compliance is maintained with every other condition, so walk-in retail is allowed only inside the patron cap and traffic standard. Condition (E) bars exterior storage of materials, goods, supplies, vehicles or equipment, which keeps delivery and service vehicles from being stored on the lot. Condition (I) bars offensive noise, vibration, smoke, electrical interference, odors or heat beyond what is normally found in residential areas.

Development Services administers and enforces the zoning chapter under § 14.11.009, and conditions that cannot be met on a given lot are not waived by the chart.