Taylorsville, UT Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)

Section 13.11.040 of the Land Development Code governs every home occupation in Taylorsville, and subsection C's General Standards apply before any client ever reaches the door. A home occupation must first hold a business license issued under Title 5: Business Licenses and Regulations, and no dwelling may host more than two home occupations at once. The Community Development Director is the approval authority for a home occupation license, though the Director may refer an application to the Planning Commission when it raises unusual complexity or neighborhood impact, triggering a public hearing under § 13.35.090.

Once licensed, subsection C(5) On-Site Visits governs foot traffic: clients, customers, and patrons may visit, but direct retail sales from the residence are prohibited, and the operator may only hand over goods that customers already purchased online. Off-street parking at the residence must be sufficient for both the household and every visiting client, on top of the separate rule limiting home occupation vehicles to one per dwelling under a 10,000-pound weight cap. The two-visitors-per-hour ceiling applies to ordinary home occupations such as tutoring, salons, or consulting, but not to home-based microschools, residential child day cares, residential preschools, or residential instruction, which instead follow their own drop-off and pick-up restrictions barring use of the public right-of-way.

Activities that generate traffic, light, glare, noise, fumes, odor, or vibration diminishing the residential character of the neighborhood are separately barred under subsection C(3)(f), giving code enforcement a second angle to act on a home business that draws too many cars or too much foot traffic to a residential street.