Squamish home-based business rules

4.18 HOME OCCUPATION Home Occupations, where permitted in this Bylaw, shall hold a valid District Business License and satisfy all of the following conditions: (a) Shall be carried out wholly within a principal Dwelling Unit with or without a Secondary Suite, or within an Accessory Building; (b) Home Occupation, Office is permitted in any residential Dwelling Unit, Secondary Suite or Accessory Building in a residential zone; (c) Home Occupation, Residential is permitted in any single-unit or two-unit residential Dwelling Unit; (d) Notwithstanding 4.18 (c), a Child Care Facility, Residential may be permitted as a Home Occupation, Residential use in a multi-unit dwelling as permitted in this Bylaw and is a permitted use in a Secondary Suite provided that there will only be one such use per property;

Business Licence Application Form – Home Based Business Application Date: TYPE OF BUSINESS (check one box only): □ Home Occupation Office □ Home Occupation Residential □ Childcare Facility (Residential) Do you want to renew your Business Licence annually? □ No □ Yes

Completed forms can be emailed to businesslicence@squamish.ca or dropped off at Community Planning

(e) Only one (1) Home Occupation, Residential operation shall be permitted per residential dwelling, with or without a Secondary Suite; (f) The area used for Home Occupation, Residential shall not exceed a maximum gross floor area of 37m², except in the case of a residential child care facility;

(l) Shall not require more than 2 deliveries per day to be made by commercial vehicles or trailers; (m) Shall be conducted by at least one resident of the dwelling unit to which it is accessory and not more than 1 non-resident person shall be employed in such use on the premises at any one time;

(g) Shall not involve Small Scale Manufacturing where lot size is less than 2.02 hectares. (h) Shall not discharge or emit odorous, toxic, or noxious vapours or matter, heat, glare, radiation, electrical interference, or noise; (i) Shall be carried on with no exterior indication of the home occupation as a result of outdoor storage, display, flood-lighting, or signs, except as permitted in the Sign Bylaw; (j) Shall not use materials or processes that produce flammable or explosive vapours or gases under ordinary temperatures; (k) Shall not involve the outdoor storage of materials used directly or indirectly for the processing or resulting from the processing of any product of such occupation;

This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as the District of Squamish Zoning Bylaw No. 2200,

No. 2200, 2011 Consolidated September 2026