[pianotech] Probelm with Business License. Please help!

[paul bruesch]

Hy,

It could very well be the case that the clerk you spoke to only has a
partial understanding of what you said. "Theoretically," there is no reason
you can't do some action work in an agricultural area. Or she may have
thought you were going to be moving pianos in and out every day, selling
them, whatever.

An awful lot of people only read the first part of a sentence in the rule
book. For example, I almost did not pass my physical exam for my Private
Pilot license one time. The nurse recited the rule, then showed it to me in
the book. I read beyond the comma where she had stopped, and it was clear to
me that she was incorrect in stating that I had not passed. I don't recall
if she ever did figure it out, but someone (the doc, I suppose) did and I
did pass.

On the other hand, I have a friend who was venturing out in self-employment
as a computer consultant. His business would be conducted entirely at client
sites, just like going to a "regular" 9-5 desk job, but he was required to
get signatures of his neighbors stating that they did not object to him
running a business from his home.  Go figure.

Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN



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>  *From:* Hy Cohen <frowninverter at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 15, 2010 5:47 AM
> *To:* pianotech at ptg.org
> *Subject:* [pianotech] Probelm with Business License. Please help!
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>  Hi everyone,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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!
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> Warmly,
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> Hy
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> frowninverter at gmail.com
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