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The kinds of business a home in Peterborough needs, by moment, and the local rules their work runs into, each with its source and the date we checked it.

6 local rules and 84 kinds of business. Page reviewed 30 Oct 2026.

Peterborough

Local rules on this page6 of 7

Extra units
Trees
Rental licensing
Short-term rentals
A business run from home
Water and sewer rates
Property tax

1.89%

About 1.89% of assessed value: the 2026 residential tax rate (checked 29 Oct 2026).

84 kindsof business

9 momentsfrom thinking to living there

Listing opennone yet

The local rules the work runs into

Extra units

Up to 3 homes on a lot, as the line below puts it

Peterborough zoning by-law 23-087: permits up to two additional residential units with a single unit, semi-detached or street townhouse dwelling, both inside or one inside and one in an accessory building, each with at most two bedrooms and less floor area than the main home; none in a floodway.
Source: Peterborough by-law 23-087 · checked 29 Oct 2026
Trees

7.5 cm across: the trunk size the line below names

Peterborough by-law 21-074: a City permit is needed to remove a privately owned tree 7.5 cm or more in diameter at 1.37 m; a $15 application fee (up to five trees) plus a $150 permit fee ($50 through a licensed tree service provider) for a healthy tree of 15 cm or more, with one replacement tree or $550 per healthy tree removed; woodlands fall under By-law 17-121.
Source: Peterborough by-law 21-074 · checked 29 Oct 2026
Rental licensing
- A licence for some rented homes (by area, size or type)
Peterborough by-law 17-067: a rental premises business licence, renewed every year, is needed for a rented dwelling unit with four bedrooms or more and for lodging houses of 5 to 30 bedrooms, which are inspected; a whole house of three bedrooms or fewer is not covered.
Source: Peterborough by-law 17-067 · checked 29 Oct 2026
A business run from home
- Only the householdmay work there
Peterborough zoning by-law 97-123 s.6.23: permits a home-based business run only by residents of the dwelling, using at most 46 m² of floor area of which at most 28 m² in accessory buildings, with no display, outdoor storage or other outside evidence, small non-lit signs only, retail limited to goods made on site, at most five students at a time, and no restaurant, licensed daycare, veterinary office, taxi service, public garage, kennel or salvage yard.
- Any business run from a home in town
Source: Peterborough by-law 97-123 s.6.23 · checked 29 Oct 2026
Water and sewer rates
- A stormwater charge of its own
- A different price per m³ after a first block of use
City of Peterborough, 2026 residential rates: a monthly basic charge of $25.30 for a 15 or 20 mm meter, water $1.65 per m³ for the first 20 m³ a month and $1.73 to 100 m³; a sewer surcharge of 109.01% of water charges; a stormwater management fee of about $37.98 a year per $100,000 of residential assessment, from 1 January 2026.
Source: City of Peterborough, 2026 rate schedule · checked 29 Oct 2026
Property tax

1.89%of assessed value, 2026

0%2.32% (Chatham-Kent)

11th highest of 61 towns. Lowest: Markham, 0.72%.

The 2026 residential property tax rate in Peterborough is 1.889254% of assessed value. It includes the City rate (1.736254%) and the provincial education rate (0.153%).
Source: Peterborough tax rate by-law, 2026 · checked 29 Oct 2026

Summarised from the municipality's own by-laws and pages; the by-law is the authoritative text. The rules not shown here aren't in our tables yet: the municipality's site has its by-laws. An OfferDue report reads these and the address's own records for one home.

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The home team, by moment

Thinking about it

4 kinds

Getting ready to sell

16 kinds

Searching and financing

5 kinds

The offer and its conditions

16 kinds

Closing and moving

15 kinds

The first 90 days

23 kinds

Making it yours

35 kinds

Adding a unit or renting it out

11 kinds

Living there

22 kinds

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