A bill aiming to make it easier for people to start small businesses in their homes has racked up the support of many Utah legislators -- but it has some at City Hall and in the Park City rental property business booking their complaints.
H.B. 132, sponsored by Rep. Jacob Anderegg, R-Lehi, would make it illegal for municipalities to force many home-based businesses that don't have a large impact on their neighborhoods to pay fees to receive business licenses. Other in-home businesses that are operated only occasionally -- as many online rental properties are -- would be able to forego licensure altogether.
Anderegg said the bill, which earned approval from the Utah House of Representatives and is awaiting a vote in the Senate, is directed at easing the burdens of small, in-home businesses whose cities or counties impose unfair licensure fees.
"If you're a computer programmer working out of your home, there's just no reason for licensure," he said. "I was trying to just say, 'Let's get out of the way of very small businesses.'"
Read more @ http://www.parkrecord.com/ci_29567892/park-city-rental-owners-check-worries-about-bill
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