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• through a single Internet site open 24 x 7 x 365, www.bcbusinessregistry.ca
  
• a telephone service offered through the Surrey Board of Trade
• through 100+ locations across British Columbia

• Buying, selling, bartering, renting, or displaying any commodity for profit or gain;
• Advertising a business;
• Rendering or offering to render professional, personal, contractual, or other service for profit or gain;

• Property Use and Building – Review for compliance with Building, Plumbing, Zoning, Land Use Contract and Development Permit regulations and any outstanding orders against the property.
• Fire Department – Review of fire safety requirements and any outstanding orders against the property.
• Provincial Motor Dealing - is required if buying, selling or wrecking automobiles.
• Provincial Motor Carrier Licensing - is required for taxi companies and limousine services.
• Provincial and/or Municipal Waste Management review is required if liquid or solid wastes are produced in certain circumstances.
• Coast Garibaldi Health Unit – Approval is required for any business that involves the production or distribution of food. This includes operations that are temporary or provide food for free.  For information on requirements for food establishments, visit http://www.vch.ca/environmental/licensing/. Download the Health Unit Application here. 34.40 Kb

• Businesses with swimming pools/spas/hot tubs/whirlpools and waterslides;
• Businesses with on-site sewage disposal;
• Personal service businesses such as hair salons, barbershops, sun tanning salons, massage salons, estheticians, acupuncturists, etc;
  
• Any business that sells tobacco and tobacco products, including vending machines.

1. When the operating or legal name of a business changes;
2. Prior to a new owner taking over the operation of an existing business; and,
3. Prior to changing the location of a business within municipal boundaries.
4. The approval process is the same as that noted above. However, there is no charge for change of name/change of address/change of owner applications.

• Alterations are not made to any building in a residential zone to indicate it is being used for any purpose other than its principal use;
• No person who does not normally occupy the dwelling unit is engaged in home occupation use on the premises;
• No products or materials are stored outside of a principal building and auxiliary building; and
• No products or materials are sold from a home occupation use, which is located in a Residential zone.

To prevent litter, no person shall post, exhibit or distribute placards, play bills, posters or any form of advertising to or on any vehicle that is parked or stopped on or adjacent to a highway or public place without the consent of the owner of the vehicle.

"Commercial parking decal" means a decal provided by the municipality for the purpose of identifying commercial vehicles, which are not identified as such under the Commercial Transport Act:

Commercial vehicle includes:

• Every vehicle defined as a commercial vehicle in Section 1 of the Commercial Transport Act; every vehicle used for the collection, delivery or transportation of goods or passengers in the course of a business;
  
• Every tradesperson’s vehicle and every other vehicle, which displays a commercial parking decal issued under Section 13(b) of this bylaw.
• "Loading zone" means that portion of a highway designated as such by a traffic control device and reserved for the exclusive use of loading or unloading of commercial vehicles.
• "Tradesperson’s vehicle" means any vehicle, the owner or operator of which holds a valid business Licence in the municipality as a tradesperson, and which displays a valid commercial parking decal.
  

(a) Commercial vehicles may be parked for a maximum of thirty (30) minutes in an area designated as a "loading zone", while the operator of the vehicle is engaged in loading or unloading materials, provided that the vehicle is moved immediately at the request of a Bylaw Enforcement Officer or a Parking Enforcement Officer.

(b) Despite paragraph (a), no owner or operator of a commercial vehicle that is not licenced under the Commercial Transport Act shall park in an area designated as a "loading zone" without first obtaining a commercial parking decal from the municipality by providing proof of a valid commercial use vehicle insurance policy and proof of a valid municipal Business Licence and paying a $30 processing fee.

(c) A commercial parking decal shall be displayed on the windshield of each commercial vehicle that is not Licenced under the Commercial Transport Act, at all times.

4(f) any noise or sounds made by the operation of any machinery or equipment between the hours of 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. in an area zoned to permit residential uses under the Resort Municipality's zoning bylaw and between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. in an area zoned to permit industrial uses under the Resort Municipality's zoning bylaw.

(g) Any noise or sounds made in the construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair or demolition ("Construction Noises") of any building, structure, or thing, including the excavation or filling of land, between the hours of 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. in an area zoned to permit residential uses under the Resort Municipality's zoning bylaw and between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. in an area zoned to permit industrial uses under the Resort Municipality's zoning bylaw.