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Plenty of people tutor or give piano lessons out of their home without anyone being creeped out. From my experience, the problems start when neighbors get annoyed by idling and parked cars clogging up the street.
You bring up an interesting concern about insurance. May be worth going to your local sbdc to get some guidelines or attend a seminar on starting a business - lots of free help out there!
Your idea sounds neat and congrats on thinking about starting a new venture.
West Orange is inconsistent about this. "Home Occupation" is listed as a "permitted accessory use" for residential zones, but the text of the ordinance appears to make it conditional, in that approval is required (as for a conditional use). Presumably the more restrictive rule controls, though not getting caught is probably easier than approval.
I run a small business out of my house doing photography and lighting for theatres. All the billing, processing, image storage, design, drafting, reading has to be done someplace and it doesn't make sense to rent an office somewhere to do all these things when I can do them at home from a laptop and all the meetings are going to be in the theatres. It's not a commercial business, as I don't have products I'm selling or a cash register, or customers coming through my door, but I'm certainly operating a business out of my home.
I should have been more specific...
Based on the OP original post the business she is contemplating opening would have
customers coming into her residence.That was the reason for the reply I made.
Obviously if you are operating a business out of your home and you do not have any customers most would be permitted.
What business that comes to mind that would not be permitted which does not have customers coming to the residence would be certain types of manufacturing.
I should have been more specific...
Based on the OP original post the business she is contemplating opening would have
customers coming into her residence.That was the reason for the reply I made.
Obviously if you are operating a business out of your home and you do not have any customers most would be permitted.
What business that comes to mind that would not be permitted which does not have customers coming to the residence would be certain types of manufacturing.
Yeah, I've had a home 'office' for years. I alter wedding dresses, and while the pinning and fittings were done in the store, all the work was done in my sewing studio. My concern was in having people come to my home. The city clerk returned my call, but I was out. I'll try calling again today, but in the meantime I'm considering teaching by way of house calls - like a piano teacher or a tutor.
Yeah, I've had a home 'office' for years. I alter wedding dresses, and while the pinning and fittings were done in the store, all the work was done in my sewing studio. My concern was in having people come to my home. The city clerk returned my call, but I was out. I'll try calling again today, but in the meantime I'm considering teaching by way of house calls - like a piano teacher or a tutor.
That's fine. You can do it by travelling to their homes. Nice to get out and about anyway. That's what I like about my business. Some driving about, but no commuting.
Try marketing it to the local community college as adult education. Before I moved, I looked into teaching a genealogy class. They were very interested but I left the state 2 months later.
Plenty of people tutor or give piano lessons out of their home without anyone being creeped out. From my experience, the problems start when neighbors get annoyed by idling and parked cars clogging up the street.
You bring up an interesting concern about insurance. May be worth going to your local sbdc to get some guidelines or attend a seminar on starting a business - lots of free help out there!
Your idea sounds neat and congrats on thinking about starting a new venture.
Also, our Bergen county town has at lest two small home based day cares run out of their homes. In the residential areas. We visited both of them and both said that they had all the proper permits and were regularly inspected. Both day cares even include lunch, one included breakfast. They can go up to I think five kinds full time and a few more part time. I hope they have proper insurance. So maybe these rules vary by town?
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