Did I Reach My Goal?

I know, you've all been waiting on pins and needles to see if I managed to get my home-based business license by Wednesday, like I'd hoped. The short answer is no. Okay, you can quit reading now. But if you, like me, check blogs to take a break from your small children, I'll elaborate on why.

Pleasant Grove city has a nice website. It's not very intuitive for me, but I think that's because once upon a time I worked for Community Development in another city and I keep expecting the sites to be the same. All in all, it's a pretty nice site. You can't fill out your home-based business application online, but you can print it out and fill it out at your leisure. This is nice for me because my only leisure time is after the kids go to bed and city offices aren't open then. 

I was surprised by all the things I'll need before I can get approved. They all make sense--I just had no idea what I was getting into. I somehow just thought I'd pay a couple of small fees and fill out one or two forms and I'd be good to go. Ah, how naive. The biggest surprise so far has been the fire self inspection. I was also surprised to learn that I'll need my landlord's written permission. This makes total sense--whoever owns the property I'm renting deserves to know exactly what's going on. I guess I was surprised because I won't have any customers or deliveries with my business--it's entirely off-site service and won't impact the property at all. But I can see how other home-based businesses might concern some landlords.

I've got all my paperwork filled out and am just waiting for written permission from my landlord and then I'll submit my application. I'm getting a little antsy waiting, but that's because I'm a control freak. I mean, my letter requesting permission just got to the property manager yesterday. Things are moving along smoothly.