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

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

**Short answer:** Yes. Tahsis's Zoning Bylaw allows a home-based business in any zone if you live on the lot and it keeps the home's residential character. Limits include one outside sign up to 3,600 cm² and one non-resident employee. No Village business licence was found.

**Who handles it:** Municipal (Village of Tahsis, https://villageoftahsis.com)  
**Cost:** No Village fee found. No business licence bylaw is in force.  
**How long:** Not stated.  
**Where:**
- Phone: Municipal Office, 250-934-6344
- Email: Municipal Office, reception@villageoftahsis.com
- In person: Municipal Office, 977 South Maquinna Dr., Tahsis, BC V0P 1X0 (Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)

## Key facts

- **Allowed:** Yes, in any zone, if it does not change the home's residential character, shows no outside sign except one up to 3,600 cm², causes no extra off-site parking, traffic or nuisance, and is run by someone who permanently lives on the lot.
  - Source: [Zoning Bylaw No. 630, 2020, s. 3.2(1)](https://villageoftahsis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/bylaw-630.pdf)
  - Official wording: "A home-based business is permitted in any zone subject to compliance with the" … "the home-based business must not alter the essential residential character of the" … "except for a single sign not exceeding 3600 square centimetres;"
  - Source: [Zoning Bylaw No. 630, 2020, s. 3.2(1)(g)](https://villageoftahsis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/bylaw-630.pdf)
  - Official wording: "the home-based business must be operated by a person who permanently resides within a dwelling unit on the lot where the home-based business is situated;"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Business licence:** Not confirmed. The Fees and Charges Bylaw is an unreadable scan, so a licence fee could not be checked.
- **Limits:** Work must be inside a building (outdoor activity only 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.); no outside storage; at most 50% of the dwelling's residential floor area (may be in an accessory building); one employee who does not live on the lot; one sign up to 3,600 cm²; 1 parking space plus the 2 for the dwelling.
  - Source: [Zoning Bylaw No. 630, 2020, ss. 3.2(1), 3.13](https://villageoftahsis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/bylaw-630.pdf)
  - Official wording: "the home-based business shall be conducted entirely within a building that" … "there shall be no external storage of materials, equipment, containers or finished" … "h) the gross floor area of the home-based business shall not exceed 50% of the" … "a maximum of one person who does not reside within a dwelling unit located on" … "Home-Based Business 1 space + the 2 spaces required for the principal"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Businesses not allowed:** None set. Tahsis' bylaw lists no banned home businesses.
- **Bylaw:** Zoning Bylaw No. 630, 2020, s. 3.2 and s. 2.1 ("Home-Based Business")
  - Source: [Zoning Bylaw No. 630, 2020, s. 1.1](https://villageoftahsis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/bylaw-630.pdf)
  - Official wording: "ZONING BYLAW No. 630, 2020"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08

## How it works

[Zoning Bylaw No. 630, 2020](https://villageoftahsis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/bylaw-630.pdf), s. 3.2, allows a home-based business in any zone. It must not change the home's residential character, show an outside sign except one up to 3,600 cm², or cause extra off-site parking, traffic or nuisance. The operator must permanently live on the lot. Doctors, dentists, chiropractors, veterinary surgeons, lawyers and accountants have their own similar rules in s. 3.2(2).

## Steps

1. Check that your business meets the limits below.
2. Provide parking: 1 space for the business plus the 2 for the dwelling.
3. Call the Municipal Office (250-934-6344) to confirm nothing else is needed.

## Good to know

- Work must be inside a building. Outdoor activity is allowed only from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and no outside storage.
- The business may use at most 50% of the dwelling's residential floor area (it may be in an accessory building).
- One employee who does not live on the lot is allowed.
- The bylaw lists no banned home businesses, but any use not expressly permitted is prohibited.
- Business License Bylaw No. 503 was repealed in 2012, and we found no later business licence bylaw. Ask the Municipal Office to confirm.

## Official forms and pages

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 630, 2020 (PDF)](https://villageoftahsis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/bylaw-630.pdf)

## Related questions

- [Tahsis short-term rental rules (Airbnb, Vrbo)](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tahsis/short-term-rental.md)
- [Tahsis zoning: find your zone and what it allows](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tahsis/zoning-lookup.md)

## The same question elsewhere

- [Home-based business rules in British Columbia, by municipality](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/home-based-business.md)
- [Gold River](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/gold-river/home-based-business.md)
- [Sayward](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sayward/home-based-business.md)
- [Alert Bay](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/alert-bay/home-based-business.md)
- [Port Alice](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alice/home-based-business.md)
- [Port McNeill](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-mcneill/home-based-business.md)
- [Campbell River](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/campbell-river/home-based-business.md)

## Sources

- [Zoning Bylaw No. 630, 2020 (PDF), Village of Tahsis](https://villageoftahsis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/bylaw-630.pdf) (read 2026-11-08)
- [Business Licence Repealing Bylaw No. 503-1, 2012 (PDF), Village of Tahsis](https://villageoftahsis.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Business-Licence-Repealing-Bylaw-503-1.pdf) (read 2026-11-08)
- [Bylaws and Policies, Village of Tahsis](https://villageoftahsis.com/bylaws-policies/) (read 2026-11-08)

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