The Elkhart County Zoning Ordinance expects a home occupation not to generate traffic, parking, or activity beyond a normal residential level. Seasonal roadside stands are a recognized feature in agricultural areas. Elkhart, Goshen, and Nappanee apply their own home-occupation traffic limits.
As an accessory use, a home occupation in unincorporated Elkhart County must not change the residential or rural character of its neighborhood, so customer and delivery traffic stays at ordinary residential volumes and any parking it generates is met on the property rather than the road. Seasonal roadside produce and baked-goods stands, common along county roads in the Amish community, operate on that same accessory basis with off-road pull-in parking. A new or widened driveway onto a county road needs an access permit from the county highway department. Within Elkhart, Goshen, Nappanee, and Middlebury, the city's home-occupation rules apply.
Repeated complaints about non-residential traffic or parking can trigger county zoning enforcement and an order to bring the use back within accessory limits.
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