I think the word is ‘precedent’ instead of ‘presidents’ but I understand your meaning. If music teachers, especially piano teachers who give lessons in their own homes are exempt, then piano technicians should be, as well. Tom We not like piano teachers. Piano teacher have students come to their home, creating a slight traffic problem. We are more like plumbers and electricians who run their business out of their home, but service clients elsewhere. And, like plumbers and electricians, we take some of our work home with us, have a shop to do repairs and a storage place for our supplies and tools. If those professions are required to get a licence, then so should we. The other aspect of this is the liability factor. We should have some sort of business liability insurance, not only on our personal lives, but also our cars and homes. By having a business licence it give you some protection. Not much, but if someone is going to sue you, a smart lawyer will use not having a business licence, especially if you need one, against you. All in all, if a municipality requires you to have a business licence to run a business out of your home, then get one. It's part of the expense of being in business. Getting back to Ric's original problem, being told that he can't run a business out of his home, that is something that needs clarification. I can't imagine that there aren't a lot of people running some sort of business out of their home. But it is very difficult for a city to monitor that, unless the business owner volunteers the information. Wim -----Original Message----- From: Tom Rhea, Jr. <rheapiano at cox.net> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Sat, Nov 12, 2011 8:08 am Subject: Re: [pianotech] Business Definition I think the word is ‘precedent’ instead of ‘presidents’ but I understand your meaning. If music teachers, especially piano teachers who give lessons in their own homes are exempt, then piano technicians should be, as well. Tom Rhea Piano Service Tom Rhea, Jr., Technician (757) 373-0284 rheapiano at cox.net www.rheapiano.com From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Piano Boutique Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 11:05 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Business Definition Also ask about how music teachers are defined. I have found they have set a good presidents for our kind of work. William ----- Original Message ----- From: John Formsma To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 11:43 AM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Business Definition Read the local statutes, or ask a lawyer from your locale. State and municipal laws will not necessarily be the same as yours. -- John Formsma, RPT Blue Mountain, MS On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 10:32 AM, <richarducci at comcast.net> wrote: List, my municipal office in town just told me I need to get a contractors license to do business in the city. They also consider me to be violating zoning laws by operating a business in a residential zone. I have no shop, do not bring actions etc. in to work on, only receive mail and schedule calls at my home. No signage , no foot traffic. I do maintain a business line but will be stopping that soon. What actually constitutes a commercial business ? Rick Ucci Uccipiano.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20111112/affb6fcd/attachment-0001.htm>
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