HOME-BASED BUSINESS is

‘News Editor ©

_ booming on the North Shore.
‘By Michael Becker

Bonnie Pyplacz, economic

development! officer for the North

‘homay

“based ' business, using
“West: Vancouver .as a

ov

Shore, Economic :. Development

" "Commission has the numbers to

» prove it. Her snapshot of activity in
“the economic *. sector for West

. Vancouver alone j is telling.

; Last’: year." Pyplacz
"prepared a thesis for her
‘studies. in. economic:
planning) iat -» the
University.:. of . Okla-

Her ‘paper’ quantifies
‘the: impacts of -home-

‘case study. :
She is in the process ©
ipdating | the West’.

‘Vancoiiver, numbers and.

Vancouver estimates of home-based
| business activity.
summary, the impact both on
conomy” and | in. terms.-of :,
mployment..as of 1994: are’ this:.
approximately 1,520 home-based -
businesses: are in ‘operation in 1 West

‘Commission offers.” a: home-based
business management Program f for

“home. occupations”
‘by its zoning bylaw.

poo!

Bylaws address licensing

of commerce © offer further

. Tesources, ©

Contact the West Vancouver
Chamber of Commerce at 926-6614

and the North Vancouver Chamber’
of Commerce at 987-4488.

The three North Shore munici-
palities have bylaws in place to
address the licensing of home-based
businesses.

In’ North Vancouver District

to restructur e. 99

are regulated

A‘home occupation is defined as
“any occupation or profession con-
. ducted for gain in a dwelling unit,
and. includes the operation of a
Kindergarten _ for not more. than 20

e . children.”

“Some of the conditions outlined

"Gn the: -bylaw for home-based busi-

ness-include:

~ @ the: residential “character. of ‘the
* building must be maintained; © °°
except in the case‘of a child care

* facility, the home: business can’t

“occupy more than 20% of the total -

# Y gross floor area or 46 sq. m (495 sq.
-ft.), whichever is the lesser;

“@ no vibration, noise,’ hear, glare, -

‘odor or-electrical interference. may
ployment are the a wth of parte. “:
time work and the winesenn decline,

be detectable - ‘from outside: the

* premises;
a # no “more: than one home occupa-

tion may be conducted’ from the
% . premises;

Bi no more than two people can be
involved ’.in the’ business,’ which
. must. be conducted by a resident of
* the home-:;

In North Vancouver city, zoning
by yylaw section’ 507° special .. provi-
sions for uses in residential zones

c are much the same as those outlined

» for the district. The conditions’ for
an “accessory home occupation
use” in residential zones include:

“The investment’ on nthe left
“earns more than the Investment »
on the Right. With the Dividend

66 Pyplacz predicts continued expan-
_sion of the home-based business sector
"as society and the econonly continue

@ the.cxclusion of medical or den-
tal offices, hairdressers, private
schools, commercial food prepara-
tion, music or dance studios in
medium or high density apartment
buildings;

B@ tha business cunnot involve the
retail or wholesale sale or commer-
cial repair, manufacture or han-
dting of weapons ar explosives.

In West Vancouver home craft,
occupation or busi-
ness is defined under
bylaw
provisions include:
allowances
physician's offices;
(@ no stock-in-trade

. materials, supplies
_or goods in excess of
$1,000 wholesale

value may be stored

in the home;
Bi the home business
cannot involve “or

reasonable expect to:

involve” an vehicle making deliver-
ies to or fromthe premises or peo-
ple making visits associated with

“the business other:than an occa-:

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