Sicamous home-based business rules
Can I run a business from my home in Sicamous?
Short answer
Sicamous has a home-based business licence category for work that is secondary to the residential or agricultural use of your property. Describe the activity and address in your licence application.
Key facts
| Allowed | Sicamous has a home-based business licence category for work that is secondary to the residential or agricultural use of your property.Get a Business Licence, What Kind of Business Licence Do I Need? · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-09Official wording* Home Based business means operating a business in your home that is accessory to the residential or agricultural use of your property. |
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| Business licence | The operator needs a valid District business licence where the use is permitted.Zoning Bylaw No. 1100, 2024, Zoning Bylaw No. 1100, home-based businesses, paragraphs (a)–(b) · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-09Official wording.5 Home Based Businesses Where permitted in this Bylaw all of the following conditions must be satisfied for the establishment and continued use of a Home Based Business: a. a person must not carry on the use unless the person holds a valid Business Licence issued under the provisions of this Bylaw and the Business Licence Bylaw; |
| Limits | A permanent occupant operates the business. Up to one full-time or two part-time employees may work on the parcel. The combined business area is limited to 50 m² and traffic to four vehicles per hour between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m.Zoning Bylaw No. 1100, 2024, Home-based businesses, paragraphs (b)–(e) · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-09Official wording.5 Home Based Businesses Where permitted in this Bylaw all of the following conditions must be satisfied for the establishment and continued use of a Home Based Business: a. a person must not carry on the use unless the person holds a valid Business Licence issued under the provisions of this Bylaw and the Business Licence Bylaw; b. the use may generate no more than 4 Vehicles per hour between 8:00AM and 9:00PM; c. the use must be solely operated by the permanent occupant the Dwelling Unit and must not involve the employment of more than 1 full-time or 2 part-time employees on the Parcel; d. the use must be conducted entirely within 1 or more Buildings or Structures, except for Urban Agriculture; e. the maximum combined Floor Area of the Dwelling Unit and Accessory Buildings and Structures shall not exceed 50 m2 for the purposes of operating a Home Based Business; |
| Businesses not allowed | No outdoor or unenclosed storage, vehicle or boat repair, machinery servicing or distillery. Retail sales are limited to goods produced on the parcel or accessory to the business.Zoning Bylaw No. 1100, 2024, Home-based businesses, paragraphs (f)–(l) · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-09Official wordingf. the use must not involve the display or selling of goods, wares or merchandise as the primary Home Based Business but may involve the display and sale of a good, produce, wares or merchandise that is either produced on the Parcel, or is Accessory to the Home Based Business; g. no Outdoor Storage, unenclosed storage or Storage Facility use is permitted; h. no Vehicle, boat, or other machinery servicing or repair is permitted; i. the total display area of any outdoor advertising Sign is subject to the District of Sicamous Sign Bylaw; j. Home Based Business’ must not discharge or emit the following across Parcel lines: k. Off-Street Parking must be provided in accordance with Schedule D; l. no distillery use is permitted. |
| Bylaw | District of Sicamous Zoning Bylaw No. 1100, 2024.Zoning Bylaw No. 1100, 2024, PDF p. 1 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-09Official wordingDistrict of Sicamous Zoning Bylaw No. 1100, 2024 Effective Date – September 11, 2024 |
How it works
Describe how the work would change daily activity at the home. A desk used by one resident presents different zoning questions from customers visiting the property, employees coming to work or goods being stored outdoors. The operator needs a valid District business licence where the use is permitted.
Steps
- Check the local business instructions in Get a Business Licence. Write down the proposed service, floor area, number of workers, customer visits, deliveries, signs and storage. Identify the property's zoning.
- Compare the activity with the home-business provisions and the local licensing instructions. Give the office your operating details if the business could fit more than one category.
Good to know
- A permanent occupant operates the business. Up to one full-time or two part-time employees may work on the parcel. The combined business area is limited to 50 m² and traffic to four vehicles per hour between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m.
- No outdoor or unenclosed storage, vehicle or boat repair, machinery servicing or distillery. Retail sales are limited to goods produced on the parcel or accessory to the business.
- Use the online business licence application for the applicable category or the District’s application package. The District processes the application after payment is received.
- Open the Sicamous Map Hub and choose the Property Information app.
- Read the applicable provisions in Zoning Bylaw No. 1100, 2024 (PDF).
The same question in other places
Enderby · Armstrong · Spallumcheen · Revelstoke · Sun Peaks · Lumby
Home-based business rules in British Columbia, by municipality →
Sources
- Get a Business Licence (read 2026-11-09)
- Get a Business Licence (read 2026-11-09)
- District of Sicamous Mapping (read 2026-11-09)
- Zoning Bylaw No. 1100, 2024 (PDF) (read 2026-11-09)
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