Home business-friendly community

A huge number of home-based businesses are technically running afoul of the law, as many municipalities have ordinances effectively prohibiting businesses operating out of residences. The ordinances are usually not enforced unless a neigbor registers a complaint. Fortunately some towns are accepting the reality that a significant portion of the population has an office at home or is running a business from home.

Naperville, Illinois, brought together the Chamber of Commerce, the Naperville Homeowners Confederation, and others to draft an ordinance that should be a model to other cities. In effect it states that, subject to specific numbers relating to traffic, etc, a home business is welcome if it can’t be seen, smelled, or heard by the neighbors.

See an article in the Naperville Sun.

Will Limkemann
www.siqualtd.com