West Palm Beach, FL Home Business: Customer Traffic Restrictions (2026)

Home occupations are a "use permitted by right, subject to extra requirements" (PXR) under Table IX-1, meaning a homeowner needs a planning and zoning administrator's zoning certificate before opening one, plus a signed affidavit affirming compliance. Sec. 94-273(a)(32) then sets the traffic and staffing limits directly: "All retail transactions shall occur within the residential dwelling; retail transactions shall not be permitted within an accessory structure," and "All employees who work at the residential dwelling shall also reside at the residential dwelling, except that up to a total of two (2) employees or independent contractors who do not reside at the dwelling may work at the business and within the dwelling.

" The parking rule ties directly to customer and staff traffic: "Home occupations shall not generate the need for greater parking volume than would normally be expected at a similar residence where no home occupation is located," and any parking used by the business must be "entirely located on the subject property and outside of the public right-of-way," built to the standards of Article XV. Commercial vehicles tied to the business are separately restricted under Sec. 94-487. A home occupation must also stay "secondary to the property's use as a residential dwelling unit" and cannot alter the home's exterior in a way that breaks with the surrounding neighborhood's residential character.