Questionnaire: Based Business

January 2018

This form is used to determine eligibility for a home based business (HBB). Please answer all of the questions that apply to you as accurately as possible. Each of these questions is important in deter- mining if a business licence can be issued for your type of business. Secondary Suites Local Business Trips and Clients Leave this section blank if you live in an or strata unit. How many people will visit the HBB? ______per day and/or Does the home have a secondary suite? ______per week  Yes  No How many business-related trips (e.g., visiting Will the business be located in the secondary clients or job sites) will all the people working suite? make from the HBB?  Yes  No ______per day and/or ______week Landlord and/or Strata Approval Existing Home Based Businesses Please ensure that you comply with all strata bylaws. If you rent, please ensure the owner Are there any home based businesses already in has given you permission to operate a Home the ? Based Business.  Yes  No Workers Equipment and Supplies

How many people will work for the HBB in the What equipment and/or supplies will be used or home but do not live there?______stored? ______Parking Where will the equipment and/or supplies be You may use one off-street and one on-street parking stored? Be specific. space for the HBB. See h) (over) for more details. ______If you have a personal vehicle which you do not use ______for the business, do not count it. Thinking of renovating your home to How many parking spaces will the HBB use on accommodate the business? Please contact the site (, driveway, etc)? ______the Division at 604-527-4580.

How many parking spaces will the HBB use on Wondering how the Noise Bylaw will affect your the street? ______business? Please contact Integrated Services at 604-527-4567.

This guide does not replace official documents and the City disclaims any liability from its use. 190.28 - Every home business shall comply with j) every operator of a home based business must the following requirements: first receive permission from the landlord or strata a) the home based business shall clearly be an accessory corporation in order to operate a home based use to the residential use; business; b) no more than one non-resident person may be k) no home based business shall involve the sale of engaged in one or more home based businesses goods or products where customers regularly enter at the home. In the case of a house containing a the home to inspect, purchase or take possession secondary suite where both dwelling units in the of the goods or products, except in the case of the house contain one or more home based businesses, RM-6, C-2A, C-4 and C-4A districts, where the retail only one of the two dwelling units may have a sale of goods is permitted by a home based business non-residential person who is engaged in the home operated within a dwelling unit located on the street based business at the home; level of a building, or portion of a building,; c) a home based business shall not generate any noise, l) a home based business shall involve only such vibration, smoke, dust, odours, toxins, heat, glare, equipment as is ordinarily employed in purely radiation, fire hazard, health hazard or similar domestic use, household use, recreational hobbies disturbance; or small office uses, and shall not require upgrading, d) no exterior alteration to the appearance of the struc- electrical or systems beyond the usual for ture(s) on the site may be made to indicate that the a residential district; site contains anything other than a residential land m) a home based business shall not have any external use, nor shall the erection of any building, structure, displays, advertisements or signage, except for one fence enclosure or portion thereof, other than those non-illuminated identification sign not to exceed in conformity to the permitted residential uses of 2.2 square feet (0.2 square metres) indicating the the zoning district allowed; name of the business; e) the residential space and accessory building n) a home based business shall not involve: area on a site, including any detached accessory i) adult entertainment uses, adult motion picture , occupied or used for any home based , adult theatres, adult video stores or business shall not exceed 500 square feet (46.45 escort services, or square metres) in total; ii) automotive repair at the location of the home; f) no home based business shall have unenclosed o) a home based business shall not include any on-site or exterior storage or display of goods, materials, storage of construction materials, hazardous components, stock-in-trade, equipment or finished chemicals or explosives; and goods; p) a bed and breakfast g) the operation of any home based business shall not i) may not accommodate no more than four guests result in or cause more businessrelated vehicle or except that one additional guest for every 500 pedestrian trips per day to or from the home than square feet (46.45 square metres) of floor space in is normal for the residential area; the dwelling unit over 2,000 square feet (185.80 h) not more than one Off-Street and one on-street square metres) is permitted, to a maximum of parking space may be occupied within a dwelling 10 guests; unit at one time by vehicles associated with one ii) may occupy one Off-Street parking or one or more home based businesses within a dwelling on-street parking per bed and breakfast , unit. In the case of a house containing a secondary provided that not more than two spaces per suite and both dwelling units in the house contain every three bed and breakfast are one or more home based businesses, no more than occupied; one Off-Street and one on-street parking space may iii) in the case where a house contains a secondary be occupied at one time by any vehicle associated suite, may be operated in either the principal with the home based businesses on the site; residence or the secondary suite, but not both; i) the parking of all vehicles associated with any home iv) is not permitted to operate within a detached based business shall be in accordance with all City accessory dwelling unit or any other detached of New Westminster parking regulations; accessory building. Planning Division 604-527-4532

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