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title: Radium Hot Springs home-based business rules
question: "Can I run a business from my home in Radium Hot Springs?"
place: Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia, Canada
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category: Starting and running a business
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# Radium Hot Springs home-based business rules

**Question:** Can I run a business from my home in Radium Hot Springs?

**Short answer:** Yes. Radium Hot Springs allows minor and major home-based businesses as an accessory use to a dwelling, with limits on size, staff and signs. You need an annual Village business licence; a home occupation licence is $100 a year.

**Who handles it:** Municipal (Village of Radium Hot Springs, https://radiumhotsprings.ca)  
**Cost:** Home occupation business licence: $100 a year (January 1 to December 31, not prorated).  
**How long:** Not stated by the Village. Ask Protective Services and Community Safety.  
**Where:**
- In person: Village Office, 4836 Radium Boulevard, Radium Hot Springs, BC (Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
- Phone: Protective Services and Community Safety (business licences), 250-347-6455 ext. 6
- Email: Protective Services and Community Safety, mps@radiumhotsprings.ca

## Key facts

- **Allowed:** Yes. Home-based businesses are an accessory use to a dwelling. Both Minor and Major types are listed in the R2, R3, R4 and AG zones; only one Major home-based business or bed and breakfast is allowed per parcel in R2, R3 and R4.
  - Source: [Zoning Bylaw No. 528, 2026, s. 4.6.1](https://radiumhotsprings.civicweb.net/document/21642/)
  - Official wording: "Home-based Businesses are divided into two categories:"
  - Source: [Zoning Bylaw No. 528, 2026, s. 6.7.2, 6.7.3 (R2)](https://radiumhotsprings.civicweb.net/document/21642/)
  - Official wording: "d) Home-based Business (Major)" … "e) Home-based Business (Minor)" … "Only one of the following Accessory Uses is permitted on a Parcel at a time:"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Business licence:** Yes. Anyone operating a business in the Village needs an annual business licence. Home occupation: $100 a year (January 1 to December 31, not prorated). The licence is subject to the Zoning Bylaw.
  - Source: [Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 530, 2026, Schedule C](https://radiumhotsprings.civicweb.net/document/21179/)
  - Official wording: "Home Occupation $100.00" … "The business licence is issued for one year from January 1 to December 31 and is not prorated."
  - Source: [Business Licensing, General Business Licensing](https://radiumhotsprings.ca/business/business-licensing/)
  - Official wording: "Anyone operating a business within the Village of Radium Hot Springs is required to hold a valid annual business licence."
  - Source: [Business Licence Regulation Bylaw No. 244, 2001, s. 2.04(6)](https://radiumhotsprings.civicweb.net/document/18037/)
  - Official wording: "All such licences shall be subject to the provisions of the Zoning Bylaw."
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Limits:** Minor: inside the main dwelling only; up to 25% of the floor area to a maximum of 20 m²; one client visit at a time; no non-resident employees; no outdoor storage; one small non-illuminated sign; retail limited to products incidental to a service or made on site. Major: up to 100 m² in the main dwelling or in an accessory building (not both); residents plus at most one non-resident employee; no outdoor storage; one non-illuminated sign; retail limited (incidental, mail order or made on site). Neither may cause odour, noise above ambient at the parcel line, glare, vibration or interference.
  - Source: [Zoning Bylaw No. 528, 2026, s. 4.7.1](https://radiumhotsprings.civicweb.net/document/21642/)
  - Official wording: "Shall not occupy more than 25% of the Gross Floor Area of the Dwelling Unit to a maximum of 20 m2." … "Shall not generate more than one client visit to the Parcel at any one time." … "No person who does not reside in the Dwelling Unit shall be employed in the Home-based Business."
  - Source: [Zoning Bylaw No. 528, 2026, s. 4.8.1, 4.8.3](https://radiumhotsprings.civicweb.net/document/21642/)
  - Official wording: "shall not exceed 100m2." … "not more than one non-resident employee." … "No outdoor storage of material associated with the Home-based Business is permitted."
  - Source: [Zoning Bylaw No. 528, 2026, s. 4.7.3](https://radiumhotsprings.civicweb.net/document/21642/)
  - Official wording: "Noise in excess of ambient noise at the Parcel boundary;"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Businesses not allowed:** Not allowed as a home-based business: a stable, kennel, animal breeding operation, restaurant, or parking or storage of industrial or construction equipment and material; salvage, repair, painting or maintenance of motor vehicles, engines or parts, trailers, boats or commercial or industrial equipment; manufacturing, welding or any industrial use; cannabis retail stores. Short-term rental is not a home-based business.
  - Source: [Zoning Bylaw No. 528, 2026, s. 4.7.2, 4.8.4](https://radiumhotsprings.civicweb.net/document/21642/)
  - Official wording: "A stable, kennel, animal breeding operation, Restaurant, or parking or storage of industrial or construction equipment and material;" … "b) The salvage, repair, painting, or maintenance of motor vehicles or vehicle engines or parts, trailers, boats, commercial or industrial equipment;" … "Cannabis Retail Stores."
  - Source: [Zoning Bylaw No. 528, 2026, s. 7.1 definition](https://radiumhotsprings.civicweb.net/document/21642/)
  - Official wording: "A Home-based Business does not include Short-term Rental."
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Bylaw:** Village of Radium Hot Springs Zoning Bylaw No. 528, 2026, ss. 4.6 to 4.8; Business Licence Regulation Bylaw No. 244, 2001; Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 530, 2026, Schedule C.
  - Source: [Zoning Bylaw No. 528, 2026, s. 1.1.1](https://radiumhotsprings.civicweb.net/document/21642/)
  - Official wording: "Village of Radium Hot Springs Zoning Bylaw No. 528, 2026"
  - Source: [Business Licence Regulation Bylaw No. 244, 2001, title](https://radiumhotsprings.civicweb.net/document/18037/)
  - Official wording: "BYLAW NO. 244, 2001" … "A bylaw to authorize the issuance of Business Licences, and to regulate businesses, business activities and persons engaged in business."
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08

## How it works

Home-based businesses are an accessory use to a dwelling under s. 4.6 to 4.8 of the [Zoning Bylaw No. 528](https://radiumhotsprings.civicweb.net/document/21642/). Both Minor and Major types are listed in the R2, R3, R4 and AG zones; only one Major home-based business or bed and breakfast is allowed per parcel in R2, R3 and R4. Minor is also listed in R5, RTA and C1 to C3; Major is not listed in RTA, and in R5 it is limited to parcels with a one-unit building.

**Minor:** inside the main dwelling only; up to 25% of the floor area to a maximum of 20 m²; one client visit at a time; no non-resident employees; no outdoor storage; one small non-illuminated sign; retail limited to products incidental to a service or made on site.

**Major:** up to 100 m² in the main dwelling or in an accessory building (not both); residents plus at most one non-resident employee; no outdoor storage; one non-illuminated sign; retail limited (incidental, mail order or made on site).

Neither may cause odour, noise above ambient at the parcel line, glare, vibration or interference.

## Steps

1. Check your zone and whether Minor or Major fits. See the zoning-lookup answer.
2. Complete the Business Licence Application from the Village Document Centre, describing the premises.
3. Submit it with the fee to the Village. Staff approve licences.
4. Renew each year; licences run January to December 31.

## Good to know

- **Not allowed** as a home-based business: a stable, kennel, animal breeding operation, restaurant, or parking or storage of industrial or construction equipment and material; salvage, repair, painting or maintenance of motor vehicles, engines or parts, trailers, boats or commercial or industrial equipment; manufacturing, welding or any industrial use; cannabis retail stores.
- Short-term rental is not a home-based business. See the short-term-rental answer.
- The business licence is subject to the Zoning Bylaw. Annual fee is set in [Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 530](https://radiumhotsprings.civicweb.net/document/21179/) Schedule C.
- We did not check the C4, C5, industrial or park zones.

## Official forms and pages

- [Business Licensing, Village of Radium Hot Springs](https://radiumhotsprings.ca/business/business-licensing/)
- [Zoning Bylaw No. 528, 2026 (PDF)](https://radiumhotsprings.civicweb.net/document/21642/)

## Related questions

- [Radium Hot Springs business licences: who needs one, fees and how to apply](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/radium-hot-springs/business-licence.md)
- [Radium Hot Springs short-term rental rules (Airbnb, Vrbo)](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/radium-hot-springs/short-term-rental.md)
- [Radium Hot Springs zoning: find your zone and what it allows](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/radium-hot-springs/zoning-lookup.md)

## The same question elsewhere

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- [Kimberley](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kimberley/home-based-business.md)

## Sources

- [Business Licensing, Village of Radium Hot Springs](https://radiumhotsprings.ca/business/business-licensing/) (read 2026-11-08)
- [Zoning Bylaw No. 528, 2026 (PDF)](https://radiumhotsprings.civicweb.net/document/21642/) (read 2026-11-08)
- [Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 530, 2026 (PDF)](https://radiumhotsprings.civicweb.net/document/21179/) (read 2026-11-08)
- [Business Licence Regulation Bylaw No. 244, 2001 (PDF)](https://radiumhotsprings.civicweb.net/document/18037/) (read 2026-11-08)

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