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Chapter 150 Specific Use Regulations
150.5 Home Occupation
| (1) | Application of this Section |
| The regulations in Section 150.5 apply to home occupations.
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| (1) | Home Occupation - Uses Not Permitted |
| A home occupation may not:
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| (A) | sell, rent or lease physical goods directly from the dwelling unit;
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| (B) | be a personal service shop, except as permitted in regulation 150.5.20.1(7); [ By-law: 1508-2025 ]
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| (C) | be an office or medical office for a professional regulated under the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, except as permitted in regulation 150.5.20.1(8); [ By-law: 1508-2025 ]
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| (D) | be an office or medical office for a professional regulated under the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991, S.O. 1991, c. 18, as amended, except as permitted in regulation 150.5.20.1(8); [ By-law: 1508-2025 ]
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| (E) | be an animal shelter or kennel;
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| (F) | be a vehicle repair shop, a vehicle service shop, or a vehicle washing establishment; or
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| (G) | be a manufacturing use.
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| (2) | Home Occupation – Limitations on Customer or Client Attending the Premises for Specified Reasons |
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| (A) | A home occupation, other than one for an education use, artist studio, office, service shop or custom workshop, may not have clients or customers attending the premises for:
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| (i) | consultations; or
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| (ii) | receiving services
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| (iii) | obtaining physical goods. [ By-law: 1508-2025 ]
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| (3) | Home Occupation - No Outdoor Activities, Services, Display or Storage |
| A home occupation may not have outdoor activities, services, display or open storage.
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| (4) | Home Occupation – Music or Dance Instruction Permitted in a Detached House Only |
| A home occupation for music or dance instruction and training may only be in a detached house or a detached ancillary building. [ By-law: 1508-2025 ]
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| (5) | Home Occupation - Not Permitted with a Group Home or Residential Care Home |
| A home occupation is not permitted with a group home or a residential care home.
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| (6) | Home Occupation – Employees |
| A home occupation may have two employees working in the dwelling unit in addition to the business operator. [ By-law: 1508-2025 ]
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| (7) | Home Occupation - Personal Services Permitted in the Residential Zone Category |
| Despite regulations 150.5.20(1) and (2), a home occupation in the Residential Zone Category may be a personal service shop, limited to the following types of services:
(A) barber;
(B) hairdresser;
(C) beautician;
(D) dressmaker;
(E) seamstress; and
(F) tailor. [ By-law: 820-2022 ]
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| (8) | Home Occupation - Health Related Professionals Office Permitted in the Residential Zone Category |
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| (A) | Despite regulations 150.5.20.1(1) and (2), a home occupation in the Residential Zone Category may be:
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| (i) | an office or medical office for a professional regulated under the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario; and
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| (ii) | an office or medical office for a professional regulated under the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991, S.O. 1991, c. 18, as amended; and
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| (B) | Despite regulation 150.5.20.1(6), a home occupation in the Residential Zone Category described in (A), above, may have one employee working in the dwelling unit in addition to the business operator. [ By-law: 820-2022 ]
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| (9) | Home Occupation – No Warehouse |
| The premises used as a home occupation must not operate as a warehouse for the distribution of goods or commodities; [ By-law: 1508-2025 ]
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| (1) | Home Occupation - No Exterior Alteration to Building |
| There may be no exterior alteration to a building to accommodate a home occupation.
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| (2) | Home Occupation - Health Related Professionals Office in an Apartment Building in the Residential Zone Category |
| In the Residential Zone Category, if a dwelling unit in an apartment building has a home occupation that is a service provided by a professional regulated under the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario or under the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991, S.O. 1991, c. 18, as amended, the dwelling unit must be located on the first floor or in the basement. [ By-law: 820-2022 ]
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| (1) | Home Occupation - Maximum Interior Floor Area |
| The floor area for a home occupation may not exceed the lesser of:
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| (A) | 25 percent of total interior floor area of the dwelling unit or living accommodation the home occupation is located in; or
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| (B) | 100 square metres. [ By-law: 1508-2025 ]
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| (2) | Home Occupation - Interior Floor Area Calculation |
| For the calculation of interior floor area for a home occupation referred to in regulation 150.5.40.40(1)(A), the interior floor area includes all areas that the dwelling unit or living accommodation exclusively and separately occupies, including ancillary buildings or structures. [ By-law: 1508-2025 ]
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| (1) | (THIS DOES NOT CURRENTLY CONTAIN A REGULATION) |
| [ By-law: 1508-2025 ]
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| (1) | Parking Space Requirement for a Lot with a Home Occupation |
| Despite the parking space requirements in regulations 200.5.10.1(1) and 200.5.10.11(1)(C):
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| (A) | A lawful parking space located inside a residential building or an ancillary building may be used as interior floor area for a home occupation, and no further parking space is required for the associated dwelling unit that is the principal residence of the business operator. [ By-law: 1508-2025 ]
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