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BED AND BREAKFAST ESTABLISHMENTS
(excerpted from the Clarington Zoning By-law 2004)
A Bed and Breakfast Establishment shall be permitted within a single detached dwelling located in the “Agricultural (A)”, “Agricultural Exception (A-1)”, “General Commercial (C1)”, “Residential Hamlet (RH)”, “Rural Cluster (RC)”, “Residential Shoreline (RS)”, “Urban Residential Type One (R1)”, and “Urban Residential Type Two (R2)” subject to meeting the following provisions:
- A maximum of three (3) guest rooms are permitted;
- The bed and breakfast establishment shall remain clearly, incidental and secondary to the single detached dwelling in which it is situated;
- The Bed and Breakfast establishment shall not change the character of the dwelling nor create or become a public nuisance due to traffic, noise and hours of operation;
- The dwelling shall not be used simultaneously for any other home occupation;
- The dwelling shall be fully serviced with municipal water and sewage system or well and private sanitary waste disposal system that comply with the regulations of the Ministry of the Environment; and
- A minimum of 30% landscaped open space must be maintained in the front yard
A building permit or a “Change of Use” permit is required to convert your house to a Bed and Breakfast if the facility caters to more than 4 guests. Please contact Rick Pigeon, Chief Building Official at rpigeon@clarington.net.
