{"title":"Taylor home-based business rules","question":"Can I run a business from my home in Taylor?","slug":"home-based-business","place":{"path":"ca/bc/taylor","name":"Taylor","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"category":{"slug":"business","name":"Starting and running a business"},"owner":"municipal","owner_label":"Municipal","owner_body":{"name":"District of Taylor","url":"https://districtoftaylor.com"},"short_answer":"Yes. In Taylor a home-based business is allowed as a secondary use in A-1, A-2, R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-4 zones, if the permanent resident runs it and it stays small and secondary to living there. You must hold an inter-community business licence, $130 a year according to the District's page.","aliases":["home business taylor bc","home occupation taylor","district of taylor home based business","business from home taylor"],"cost":"Inter-community business licence: $130 a year, according to the District's Licenses and Permits page.","how_long":"Not stated.","where":[{"type":"in_person","label":"District Office","value":"10007 100A Street, Taylor, BC V0C 2K0 (mail: P.O. Box 300)","note":"Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., closed statutory holidays"},{"type":"phone","label":"District Office","value":"250-789-3392"}],"documents":[],"forms":[{"title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 898, 2025, Second Reading Version (PDF)","url":"https://taylor.civicweb.net/document/121760/"},{"title":"Licenses and Permits, District of Taylor","url":"https://districtoftaylor.com/license-permits/"},{"title":"Inter-Community Business License Bylaw 813, 2017 (PDF)","url":"https://districtoftaylor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/813-2017-Inter-Community-Business-License-Bylaw.pdf"}],"related":[{"slug":"business-licence","title":"Taylor business licences: who needs one, fees and how to apply","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/taylor/business-licence/"},{"slug":"zoning-lookup","title":"Taylor zoning: find your zone and what it allows","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/taylor/zoning-lookup/"},{"slug":"short-term-rental","title":"Taylor short-term rental rules (Airbnb, Vrbo)","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/taylor/short-term-rental/"}],"nearby":[{"place":"ca/bc/fort-st-john","name":"Fort St. John","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-john/home-based-business/"},{"place":"ca/bc/dawson-creek","name":"Dawson Creek","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/dawson-creek/home-based-business/"},{"place":"ca/bc/pouce-coupe","name":"Pouce Coupe","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pouce-coupe/home-based-business/"},{"place":"ca/bc/chetwynd","name":"Chetwynd","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/chetwynd/home-based-business/"},{"place":"ca/bc/hudsons-hope","name":"Hudson's Hope","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/hudsons-hope/home-based-business/"},{"place":"ca/bc/tumbler-ridge","name":"Tumbler Ridge","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tumbler-ridge/home-based-business/"}],"topic":{"title":"Home-based business rules in British Columbia, by municipality","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/home-based-business/"},"facts":{"allowed":{"label":"Allowed","value":"Yes, as a secondary use in the A-1, A-2, R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-4 zones. Run by the permanent resident of a single detached dwelling (or its accessory building), as small-scale work clearly secondary to living there.","short":"Yes, in A-1, A-2 and R-1 to R-4 zones","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://taylor.civicweb.net/document/121760/","title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 898, 2025, Second Reading Version (PDF), District of Taylor document centre","section":"s. 4.10; definitions","quotes":["Home-based businesses shall be permitted only where explicitly allowed in the applicable zone and must comply with the regulations in this bylaw.","HOME BASED BUSINESS means a small-scale occupation or professional service conducted entirely within a single detached dwelling or an accessory building or structure"]},{"url":"https://taylor.civicweb.net/document/121760/","title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 898, 2025, Second Reading Version (PDF), District of Taylor document centre","section":"zone tables","quotes":[".vii Home-based business .viii Secondary suite"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"licence":{"label":"Business licence","value":"Yes: must hold a valid inter-community business licence. The District's page gives its annual fee as $130.","short":"Yes: $130 a year","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://taylor.civicweb.net/document/121760/","title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 898, 2025, Second Reading Version (PDF), District of Taylor document centre","section":"s. 4.10.2","quotes":["Must be operated by the permanent resident of the principal dwelling and shall hold a valid inter-community business license."]},{"url":"https://districtoftaylor.com/license-permits/","title":"Licenses and Permits, District of Taylor","section":"Inter-Community Business Licensing","quotes":["for an annual fee of $130."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"limits":{"label":"Limits","value":"One non-resident employee at most. No outdoor storage or display. Open 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., one client or customer an hour, ten a day. No nuisance (odour, noise, glare). No bulk deliveries. Parking: 1 space plus the house's. Sign up to 1.0 m².","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://taylor.civicweb.net/document/121760/","title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 898, 2025, Second Reading Version (PDF), District of Taylor document centre","section":"ss. 4.10, 6.3, Table 4","quotes":["The maximum number of non-resident on-site employees shall be one (1).","There must be no exterior storage or display of materials, equipment or finished products.","Operations can occur between the hours 8:00 am and 10:00 pm and limited to one (1) client or customer an hour, to a maximum of ten (10) clients or customers per day.","Delivery of materials or commodities in bulk quantity to and from the residence by commercial vehicles or trailers shall not be permitted.","must not exceed 1.0 m2 in area and 1.2 m in height.","Home-based business, Home Industry"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"not_allowed":{"label":"Businesses not allowed","value":"Restaurants; manufacturing, welding or other industrial use; salvage or repair of motor vehicles; storage of motor vehicles; parking of commercial vehicles; adult entertainment or escort agencies; retail or wholesale sales except goods made as part of the business.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://taylor.civicweb.net/document/121760/","title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 898, 2025, Second Reading Version (PDF), District of Taylor document centre","section":"s. 4.10.11","quotes":["Manufacturing, welding, or any other industrial use","The salvage or repair, or both, of motor vehicles","Storage of motor vehicles","Parking of commercial vehicles","Adult entertainment or escort agency","Retail or wholesale sale of goods except for goods manufactured or produced as part of a home-based business"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"bylaw":{"label":"Bylaw","value":"Zoning Bylaw No. 898, 2025 (s. 4.10); Inter-Community Business Licence Bylaw (file 813-2017)","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://taylor.civicweb.net/document/121760/","title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 898, 2025, Second Reading Version (PDF), District of Taylor document centre","section":"s. 4.10","quotes":["District of Taylor – Zoning Bylaw No. 898, 2025"]},{"url":"https://districtoftaylor.com/bylaws/","title":"Bylaws, District of Taylor","section":"Business License Bylaw link","quotes":["Business License Bylaw -> https://districtoftaylor.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/813-2017-Inter-Community-Business-License-Bylaw.pdf"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}}},"facts_summary":{"total":5,"stated":5,"matched":5,"none":0,"unknown":0},"body_markdown":"## How it works\n\nThe Zoning Bylaw No. 898, 2025 ([Second Reading Version](https://taylor.civicweb.net/document/121760/), s. 4.10) allows a home-based business in the District of Taylor as a secondary use in A-1, A-2, R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-4 zones. It must be run by the permanent resident of a single detached dwelling (or its accessory building) as small-scale work clearly secondary to living there. The business must hold a valid inter-community business licence, which the District's [Licenses and Permits page](https://districtoftaylor.com/license-permits/) prices at $130 a year.\n\n## Steps\n\n1. Confirm your zone allows it (see the zoning-lookup answer).\n2. Buy the inter-community business licence at the District Office (see the business-licence answer).\n3. Keep within the limits below.\n\n## Good to know\n\n- Limits: one non-resident employee at most; no outdoor storage or display; open 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.; one client or customer an hour and ten a day; no odour, noise or glare nuisance; no bulk deliveries; 1 parking space plus the house's; a sign up to 1.0 m².\n- Not allowed: restaurants; manufacturing, welding or other industrial use; salvage or repair of motor vehicles; storage of motor vehicles; parking of commercial vehicles; adult entertainment or escort agencies; retail or wholesale sales except goods made as part of the business.\n- The Zoning Bylaw text we could read is an unsigned draft version. Confirm with the District Office at 250-789-3392.","sources":[{"url":"https://taylor.civicweb.net/document/121760/","title":"Zoning Bylaw No. 898, 2025, Second Reading Version (PDF), District of Taylor document centre","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://districtoftaylor.com/license-permits/","title":"Licenses and Permits, District of Taylor","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://districtoftaylor.com/bylaws/","title":"Bylaws, District of Taylor","accessed":"2026-11-08"}],"sources_read":"2026-11-08","review":{"status":"machine_checked","badge":"Checked against official text","label":"Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 5 of 5 facts was matched to the official text."},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/taylor/home-based-business/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/taylor/home-based-business.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/taylor/home-based-business.json"}}