Spring Hill, FL Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)

Before HB 403 (2021), Hernando County's Appendix A home-occupation standards (Article III Section 3 Paragraph L) prohibited customer visits to a home occupation. The Hernando County Board of County Commissioners adopted a conforming ordinance on August 24, 2021 (5-0 vote) recognizing that the new Florida Statute 559.955 preempted the customer-traffic prohibition. Under FS 559.955(3)(a) Hernando County may not prohibit, restrict, or regulate visits by employees, customers, or clients to a home-based business in a manner different from comparable residential uses. The statute at (3)(b) permits up to 2 employees or independent contractors who do not reside in the dwelling to work on-site (the homeowner-resident plus family members in the home also count toward operations). Parking, deliveries, traffic, and equipment standards must be consistent with the residential character but the county cannot impose specific customer-traffic caps. FS 559.955(3)(d) requires vehicles and trailers used in the business to be parked in legal parking spaces — generally the driveway or other improved surface — and not in the public right-of-way, on or over a sidewalk, or on any unimproved surface (grass or dirt) at the residence. Activities producing detectable off-premises nuisance (excessive horns/engine noise, large delivery trucks with chronic idling, parking spillover that blocks the street, equipment noise) may still be cited under generally applicable Hernando County noise and parking ordinances. Hernando County Code Chapter 10 (Code Enforcement) and Florida Statute 162.09 govern fines. HOA-governed subdivisions in Spring Hill (Timber Pines, Glen Lakes, Wellington, Silverthorn, Sterling Hill) may impose stricter rules under their covenants and Florida Statute Chapter 720.