Exactly. They can do agricultural work, spread fertilizer, stink up the community, make all kinds of noise but, you can carry a measly action home? Baloney. What they don't know won't hurt them OR us. Tell them, you're working on, or using sheep wool... :-) This is interesting I guess when you compare it to our work and the fact that you got turned down. From Wikipedia. "Modern agronomy, plant breeding, pesticides and fertilizers, and technological improvements have sharply increased yields from cultivation, and at the same time have caused widespread ecological damage and negative human health effects.[3] Selective breeding and modern practices in animal husbandry such as intensive pig farming (and similar practices applied to the chicken) have similarly increased the output of meat, but have raised concerns about animal cruelty and the health effects of the antibiotics, growth hormones, and other chemicals commonly used in industrial meat production.[4] The major agricultural products can be broadly grouped into foods, fibers, fuels, and raw materials. In the 2000s, plants have been used to grow biofuels, biopharmaceuticals, bioplastics,[5] and pharmaceuticals.[6] Specific foods include cereals, vegetables, fruits, and meat. Fibers include cotton, wool, hemp, silk and flax. Raw materials include lumber and bamboo. Other useful materials are produced by plants, such as resins. Biofuels include methane from biomass, ethanol, and biodiesel. Cut flowers, nursery plants, tropical fish and birds for the pet trade are some of the ornamental products. In 2007, one third of the world's workers were employed in agriculture. The services sector has overtaken agriculture as the economic sector employing the most people worldwide.[7] Despite the size of its workforce, agricultural production accounts for less than five percent of the gross world product (an aggregate of all gross domestic products)." Jer -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of James Grebe Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 7:28 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Probelm with Business License. Please help! Never volunteer info to city fathers about what you do. It only brings problems like this. Our business is so low key and unobtrusive that it is a threat to no one.. Same thing about putting signs outside your home for your business. James James Grebe Est. 1962 Piano Tuner-Technician Creator of Custom Caster Cups Creator of fine Writing Instruments Theatre and Theatre Organ Historian www.grebepiano.com 1526 Raspberry Lane Arnold, MO 63010 (314) 608-4137 Become what you believe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hy Cohen" <frowninverter at gmail.com> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 4:47 AM Subject: [pianotech] Probelm with Business License. Please help! > Hi everyone, > > > > I just moved here to California a couple of weeks ago, and am working on > getting my business plan assembled so I can soon start my piano tech > business. > > > > As part of that process, I gave a call over to my county to find out how > much a business license would be (I live outside the city limits). They > told > me $415. But then they asked where I would be operating my business, so I > explained to them that it would be a home-based business where I will > perform a majority of my services at my clients' location and that once in > a > while I would take a part home to work on using manual hand tools which > are > pretty quiet, and that my business would not generate any additional > traffic, etc. She then asked me for my address, so I gave it to her. > > > > Just as soon as I gave her my address she announced that I could not run > my > business where I live! She said the property is zoned as agriculture, and > because I would occasionally bring something home with me to work on that > it > would be considered a commercial operation which would not be allowed > under > the property's zoning. Any thoughts.besides moving or pretending I didn't > hear what the lady said? <grin> I've left messages for the city to find > out > if I lived there if I would run into the same problem, but they haven't > called back. In your experience, am I likely to run into this problem > living > in a city? We are planning to move into a city in the near future. But > with > this goofy problem, we might be moving sooner rather than later. <grin> > Thanks for your advice! > > > > Warmly, > > Hy > > frowninverter at gmail.com > > > > > >
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