Tempe, AZ Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Client vehicle limit
- One at a time, on premises
- Client hours
- 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. only
- Delivery limit
- Three commercial deliveries per day
- Extended hours
- Requires a use permit, § 6-308
- Salon exception
- Up to two client chairs allowed
Summary
Home occupations in Tempe may host only one client or customer vehicle on the property at a time, and clients can visit only between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Zoning and Development Code Section 3-412(B)(5)(c) and (B)(6) set both limits, and extending the hours requires a discretionary use permit.
c.There shall be no more than one (1) client or customer vehicle on the premises at any one (1) time and the activity shall not generate traffic beyond that normal in its district. ... 6.Business Hours. Clients or customers are permitted at the home occupation from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. only. Additional hours of operation for such use shall require the approval of a use permit.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: City Code: Supplement 33 Update 4 | Zoning and Development Code: Supplement 11 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
, and lets barbershops and beauty salons run up to two client chairs inside the dwelling as a named exception. , and any request to operate outside that window requires a use permit approved under the criteria in Section 6-308, the City's discretionary permit procedure involving a public application, staff review and findings on compatibility with the surrounding neighborhood. Together the two limits are meant to keep a home-based business from generating the parking, noise and traffic pattern of a commercial storefront: a single client car at a time, no evening or early-morning visits, and no more than three delivery trucks in a day. '
Violations & Fines
Exceeding the one-vehicle client limit or hosting customers outside 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. is a Code violation under Section 3-412(B). Section 1-201(D) authorizes a civil sanction of $100 to $1,000 for each day the violation continues, or a class 1 misdemeanor charge in Tempe Municipal Court punishable by up to a $2,500 fine, probation, or up to six months in jail.
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