Shaw Pottery on thu 26 jul 12
How many of you who have your pottery at your=3D20
home instead of a commercial site have permits to=3D20
operate your pottery?
We didn't realize we needed them because the=3D20
owners whose home we rent had a pottery and=3D20
installed two kilns in the garage when they lived=3D20
here. It was only after we moved in that we had=3D20
access to the electrical box and found out it was=3D20
the old-style fuses. We ended up paying for part=3D20
of a new electrical box and the installation of=3D20
our kiln being wired through walls. Expensive and=3D20
surprising.
Now we are told by the Planning Department we=3D20
need three permits, a change of Land Use, a=3D20
Building Permit (although nothing needs to be=3D20
done) and a Home Occupation Permit.
We are told some occupations, such as=3D20
bookkeepers, consultants, etc don't need them=3D20
because they don't have customers in their home.
But we don't have frequent deliveries, students,=3D20
customers, visitors, loud equipment, nothing. We=3D20
simply make our pottery to be sold elsewhere - in=3D20
Santa Barbara, and a gallery or two (in the=3D20
future). If we hadn't left the garage door up for=3D20
some fresh air and sunshine, no one would have=3D20
known we were here... but we didn't know we=3D20
needed to hide. We even have a rider on our=3D20
insurance to cover any unforeseen happenings.
So, how about it? Do most home potters have=3D20
permits, need permits, or just get by? Are you in=3D20
a garage or a separate studio or in the house=3D20
itself?
??
Joe and Rita
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Shaw Pottery
472 Ferndale Drive
Santa Maria, CA 93455
805=3DB7354=3DB74499 studio
http://www.shawpottery.com/
https://www.facebook.com/ShawPots
Eric Ciup on fri 27 jul 12
You might want to explain to the Planning department that you are
"Artists". This very often takes you out of the "Business" category
which is so regulated in residential zones.
> How many of you who have your pottery at your home instead of a
> commercial site have permits to operate your pottery?
>
>
William & Susan Schran User on fri 27 jul 12
On 7/26/12 8:25 PM, "Shaw Pottery" wrote:
>So, how about it? Do most home potters have
>permits, need permits, or just get by? Are you in
>a garage or a separate studio or in the house
>itself?
Much depends on your location - which state, which county, which city.
Each location has it own set of permit issues and home business
regulations.
Our county allows most any home based business.
I have my pottery business in my garage.
I called the county to ask them what I needed to do when I got ready to
set up the studio.
I told them I've taught pottery for 30+ years and repair pottery equipment.
Told them about kiln clearances and venting.
Asked them if they needed to inspect - they said no, you know what you're
doing.
The other things I told them - no employees, no customers on site,
no dumping of clay or glazes in sewer system, and permits for all
electrical changes.
After explaining my knowledge base, they said fine, go forth and make
pottery.
I pay personal property business taxes on the pottery equipment.
I also carry business insurance.
Bill
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William "Bill" Schran
wschran@cox.net
wschran@nvcc.edu
http://www.creativecreekartisans.com
Steve Mills on fri 27 jul 12
This has a resonance with me.=3D20
Things can be a bit looser here where I am in Bath UK.=3D20
Some years ago I was contemplating the idea of a small Woodfired Kiln in ou=
r=3D
suburban garden, and how to deal with being in a smokeless zone, so I rang=
t=3D
he local Dept. of the Environment, explaining that I'm an Artist and the Wo=
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dfired effect was part and parcel of what I do.=3D20
The Gentleman at the other end said I would have to apply for de-regulation=
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n Artistic grounds.=3D20
Then he paused and said: "However there are so many wood burning stoves in =
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he City it makes a nonsense of the Clean Air Act, so just do it, and if any=
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ne complains we'll de-regulate you!"
However it was at this juncture that my Kate found out how big the wood fue=
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store would have to be and said: "Not in MY garden!".=3D20
This is why my Wood Kiln is in a garden in a neighbouring village, along wi=
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h one I built for my Host!
Steve M
Steve Mills
Bath
UK
www.mudslinger.me.uk
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On 27 Jul 2012, at 12:06, Eric Ciup wrote:
> You might want to explain to the Planning department that you are
> "Artists". This very often takes you out of the "Business" category
> which is so regulated in residential zones.
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>> How many of you who have your pottery at your home instead of a
>> commercial site have permits to operate your pottery?
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