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Business License
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Home Business License
To obtain a Home Business License:
- Complete a Business License Application form
(pdf).
- Obtain a signature by a City Planner to ensure the type of business is appropriate for your residence and that the City's sign regulations have been explained.
- Pay the licensing fee in the City Clerk's Department.
The licensing year runs from October 1st to
September 30th. The cost of the license depends upon the type of business and is pro-rated
throughout the licensing year. For
the exact cost contact the City Clerk's Department at (913) 631-2500 x 240.
Home businesses are permitted in single
family residences with an business license issued by the City Clerk's Department. Some
home businesses are permitted in multi-family dwellings when the business utilizes a
Shawnee post office box and obtains approval from the Planning Department.
Home businesses may include the following:
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Professional office of an accountant, architect, author, contractor, engineer, computer consultant or
other similar professional person.
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Custom dressmaking, millinery, tailoring, sewing of fabrics for custom apparel and custom home furnishings.
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Fabrication and/or assembly of handicraft articles, not involving heating, refining, chemical or similar processes.
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Laundering or pressing.
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Teaching or tutoring, including music, dancing, speech or arts, with instruction limited to five pupils at a time.
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Day care is limited to six children including the owner's own children, under the age of 16. There are additional regulations
that apply to home day care businesses.
Retail sales to customers on the premises of a home business are strictly
prohibited by ordinance. In addition, the following types of home businesses are prohibited by City ordinance:
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Commercial repairing of automobiles, equipment or similar items
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Commercial stables or kennels
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Veterinary surgeon
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Animal grooming
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Barber or beauty shops
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Medical, dental osteopathic or chiropractic offices
- Your home business must be conducted solely by persons living in your
home.
- Your business may employee up to the equivalent of one full-time
employee (up to 40 hrs per week combined if more than one employee).
- Employee hours are limited to 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
- To preserve the integrity of residential neighborhoods, sales to
customers at your home are prohibited.
- Your home occupation should not occupy more than 25% of the total floor
area of your home, not including the garage or unimproved basement.
- These limitations do not apply to foster family care.
- You may not make internal or external alterations or use construction
features or mechanical equipment not customary in homes.
- The entrance to your home business should be from within your home.
- You may not have a separate entrance.
- Power sources are limited to electric motors with a total limitation of
three horsepower per dwelling unit.
Many businesses are required to have a
sales tax number. Questions, please
contact the Kansas State Sales Tax Office at 1-785-368-8222.
Vehicles used by you and employees are not allowed to be parked in the street during business hours. One
commercial vehicle, no more than one ton, is allowed to be parked in your
driveway.
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