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title: Hudson's Hope home-based business rules
question: "Can I run a business from my home in Hudsons Hope?"
place: Hudson's Hope, British Columbia, Canada
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category: Starting and running a business
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owner_body: District of Hudsons Hope
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# Hudson's Hope home-based business rules

**Question:** Can I run a business from my home in Hudsons Hope?

**Short answer:** Yes. Hudsons Hope allows home occupations in a single-detached dwelling or duplex unit, using at most 40 m² or 10% of the floor area, whichever is less. You need a District business licence ($50 a year on the District's page) and must follow limits on employees, storage, hours and signs.

**Who handles it:** Municipal (District of Hudsons Hope, https://hudsonshope.ca)  
**Cost:** District business licence fee is $50 on the District's page; the fee for a home occupation is not separately stated.  
**How long:** Not stated.  
**Where:**
- Phone: District Office, 250-783-9901
- In person: Municipal Hall, 9904 Dudley Drive, Hudson's Hope, BC V0C 1V0 (Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., closed statutory holidays)
- Phone: Business licences (Kelsey Shewfelt, Recreation Officer), 250-783-9901 Ext. 203

## Key facts

- **Allowed:** Yes. Any use permitted in a zone may be carried on as an accessory home occupation, but only in a single-detached dwelling or duplex unit. Home occupation is also a listed accessory use in the RU1, RU2, RU3, R1, R1A, R1B, R2 and R3 zones.
  - Source: [District of Hudson's Hope Zoning Bylaw No. 949, 2024, s. 4.16](https://hudsonshope.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-06-07-Zoning-Bylaw-No.-949-Clean-Version-with-Maps-ORIGINAL-SIGNED-BY-2.pdf)
  - Official wording: "Any use permitted in any zone in this Bylaw may be carried out as an accessory home occupation" … "In the R3 zone, the following uses and no other uses are permitted:" … "(b) Home occupation"
  - Source: [District of Hudson's Hope Zoning Bylaw No. 949, 2024, s. 4.16.1](https://hudsonshope.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-06-07-Zoning-Bylaw-No.-949-Clean-Version-with-Maps-ORIGINAL-SIGNED-BY-2.pdf)
  - Official wording: "Home occupations may only be carried on in a single-detached dwelling or duplex dwelling"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Business licence:** Yes. All home occupations must be in accordance with the District's Business Licence Bylaw. The general business licence fee on the District's page is $50 a year.
  - Source: [District of Hudson's Hope Zoning Bylaw No. 949, 2024, s. 4.16.13](https://hudsonshope.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-06-07-Zoning-Bylaw-No.-949-Clean-Version-with-Maps-ORIGINAL-SIGNED-BY-2.pdf)
  - Official wording: "All home occupations must be in accordance with the District of Hudson's Hope Business Licence Bylaw"
  - Source: [Business Licences, Business Licences page](https://hudsonshope.ca/business/business-license-info/)
  - Official wording: "the fee of $50 is paid"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Limits:** At most 40 m² or 10% of the dwelling unit floor area, whichever is less. Only family members living in the dwelling, plus at most one non-resident employee. No outside storage. No bulk deliveries by commercial vehicles or trailers. No work between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. At most one extra on-site parking space. One sign: up to 3 m² in a rural zone, 1 m² in an R-zone. Child care: no more than eight children.
  - Source: [District of Hudson's Hope Zoning Bylaw No. 949, 2024, s. 4.16.3](https://hudsonshope.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-06-07-Zoning-Bylaw-No.-949-Clean-Version-with-Maps-ORIGINAL-SIGNED-BY-2.pdf)
  - Official wording: "Home occupations must not occupy more than 40 m² of the dwelling unit or, 10% of the"
  - Source: [District of Hudson's Hope Zoning Bylaw No. 949, 2024, s. 4.16.6](https://hudsonshope.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-06-07-Zoning-Bylaw-No.-949-Clean-Version-with-Maps-ORIGINAL-SIGNED-BY-2.pdf)
  - Official wording: "will employ no more than one non-resident employee"
  - Source: [District of Hudson's Hope Zoning Bylaw No. 949, 2024, s. 4.16.5](https://hudsonshope.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-06-07-Zoning-Bylaw-No.-949-Clean-Version-with-Maps-ORIGINAL-SIGNED-BY-2.pdf)
  - Official wording: "There shall be no outside storage of materials, commodities, or finished products"
  - Source: [District of Hudson's Hope Zoning Bylaw No. 949, 2024, s. 4.16.10](https://hudsonshope.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-06-07-Zoning-Bylaw-No.-949-Clean-Version-with-Maps-ORIGINAL-SIGNED-BY-2.pdf)
  - Official wording: "No home occupation will be conducted between the hours of 10:00 pm and 7:00 am."
  - Source: [District of Hudson's Hope Zoning Bylaw No. 949, 2024, s. 4.16.12](https://hudsonshope.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-06-07-Zoning-Bylaw-No.-949-Clean-Version-with-Maps-ORIGINAL-SIGNED-BY-2.pdf)
  - Official wording: "does not exceed 1 m² in any R-zone"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Businesses not allowed:** Home occupations that need bulk deliveries of materials or commodities by commercial vehicles or trailers are not permitted. Cannabis-related businesses are prohibited in every zone. Only a single occupation is covered by the definition.
  - Source: [District of Hudson's Hope Zoning Bylaw No. 949, 2024, s. 4.16.8](https://hudsonshope.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-06-07-Zoning-Bylaw-No.-949-Clean-Version-with-Maps-ORIGINAL-SIGNED-BY-2.pdf)
  - Official wording: "Home occupations that require delivery of materials or commodities in bulk quantity"
  - Source: [District of Hudson's Hope Zoning Bylaw No. 949, 2024, s. 4.19.1](https://hudsonshope.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-06-07-Zoning-Bylaw-No.-949-Clean-Version-with-Maps-ORIGINAL-SIGNED-BY-2.pdf)
  - Official wording: "(a) The following uses are prohibited in every zone: .i Cannabis-Related Business District of Hudson's Hope Zoning Bylaw No. 949, 2024 | 22"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Bylaw:** District of Hudson’s Hope Zoning Bylaw No. 949, 2024, s. 4.16, and the District's Business Licence Bylaw (No. 504, 1994 per the licence form; not posted)
  - Source: [District of Hudson's Hope Zoning Bylaw No. 949, 2024, s. 4.16](https://hudsonshope.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-06-07-Zoning-Bylaw-No.-949-Clean-Version-with-Maps-ORIGINAL-SIGNED-BY-2.pdf)
  - Official wording: "(f) Exterior lighting must not cast a glare on adjacent properties. 4.16 Home Occupations Any use permitted in any zone in this Bylaw may be carried out as an accessory home occupation" … "as follows: 1. This Bylaw will be cited as the "District of Hudson's Hope Zoning Bylaw No. 949, 2024". 2. The following schedules attached hereto are hereby made part of this Bylaw and adopted as the"
  - Source: [Business Licence Application 2013, Application form](https://hudsonshope.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Business-Licence-Application-2013.pdf)
  - Official wording: "BUSINESS LICENCE BYLAW NO 504, 1994"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08

## How it works

[Zoning Bylaw No. 949](https://hudsonshope.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-06-07-Zoning-Bylaw-No.-949-Clean-Version-with-Maps-ORIGINAL-SIGNED-BY-2.pdf) (section 4.16) lets any use permitted in a zone be carried on as an accessory home occupation, but only in a single-detached dwelling or duplex unit. Home occupation is also a listed accessory use in the RU1, RU2, RU3, R1, R1A, R1B, R2 and R3 zones. All home occupations must follow the District's Business Licence Bylaw. The District's page gives a general business licence fee of $50; it does not state a separate fee for home occupations.

## Steps

1. Check your business meets the limits below.
2. Apply for a business licence (see the business-licence answer).
3. Questions: call 250-783-9901.

## Good to know

- Space: at most 40 m² or 10% of the dwelling unit floor area, whichever is less.
- People: only family members living in the dwelling, plus at most one non-resident employee.
- No outside storage, and no bulk deliveries of materials by commercial vehicles or trailers.
- No work between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. No offensive noise, vibration, traffic, smoke, dust, odour, glare, heat or electrical interference.
- At most one extra on-site parking space. One sign: up to 3 m² in a rural zone, 1 m² in an R-zone.
- Child care: no more than eight children.
- Cannabis-related businesses are prohibited in every zone.
- Running a home occupation without a licence is listed at $100 per offence per day.

## Official forms and pages

- [District of Hudson's Hope Zoning Bylaw No. 949, 2024 (PDF)](https://hudsonshope.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-06-07-Zoning-Bylaw-No.-949-Clean-Version-with-Maps-ORIGINAL-SIGNED-BY-2.pdf)
- [Business Licences, District of Hudson's Hope](https://hudsonshope.ca/business/business-license-info/)

## Related questions

- [Hudson's Hope business licences: who needs one, fees and how to apply](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/hudsons-hope/business-licence.md)
- [Hudson's Hope zoning: find your zone and what it allows](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/hudsons-hope/zoning-lookup.md)
- [Hudson's Hope secondary suite and carriage house rules](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/hudsons-hope/secondary-suite.md)
- [Hudson's Hope short-term rental rules (Airbnb, Vrbo)](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/hudsons-hope/short-term-rental.md)

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## Sources

- [District of Hudson's Hope Zoning Bylaw No. 949, 2024 (PDF)](https://hudsonshope.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-06-07-Zoning-Bylaw-No.-949-Clean-Version-with-Maps-ORIGINAL-SIGNED-BY-2.pdf) (read 2026-11-08)
- [Business Licences, District of Hudson's Hope](https://hudsonshope.ca/business/business-license-info/) (read 2026-11-08)
- [Business Licence Application 2013 (PDF), District of Hudson's Hope](https://hudsonshope.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Business-Licence-Application-2013.pdf) (read 2026-11-08)

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