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Purchase of Existing Business? Yes     No
Asset Purchase? Yes     No
Stock Purchase? Yes     No

Trade Name of Business (DBA - Doing Business As) *

Legal Business Name (if different than DBA)

Website Address * (Enter 'none' if you do not have a website)

Federal Identification Number Do not use SSN
Colorado State Tax Number

Date Started or Will Start in Arvada *

Filing and Payment Contact Name *

Filing and Payment Email Address *

Filing and Payment Phone Number *

Do you need ACH or wire transfer payment information? Yes No

Description of Sales or Activities. Please be specific *

Activities (Check all that apply) *

Retail
Manufacturing
Leasing / Renting
Charitable 501(c)(3)

Wholesale
Professional / Service If you are a massage therapist, email a copy of your DORA Certificate to salestax@arvada.org
Government
Non-Profit

NAICS Code:

Individual/Sole Proprietorship
Partnership (including General, LP, LLP, LLLP, LPA)
Corporation/Sub S Corporation
Limited Liability Company (LLC)
Non-Profit 501(c)(3)

Name of Owner *
Contact Phone Number *

Contact Address

(check if contact address is different than business information)

Street Number *
Street Direction
Street Name *
Street Suffix *
Address Indicator
Unit Number
City *
State *
Zip *

Name of Corporation/Sub S Corp, LLC, Partnership
Contact Name
Contact Title / Position
Contact Phone Number

Contact Address

Street Number
Street Direction
Street Name
Street Suffix
Address Indicator
Unit Number
City
State
Zip

Name of Organization *
Exemption Number *
Contact Name *
Contact Title / Position *
Contact Phone Number *

Contact Address

(check if contact address is different than business information)

Street Number *
Street Direction
Street Name *
Street Suffix *
Address Indicator
Unit Number
City *
State *
Zip *

Property Owner

Name of Owner
Contact Phone Number
After Hours Contact Phone Number

Property Owner Contact Address

Street Number
Street Direction
Street Name
Street Suffix
Address Indicator
Unit Number
City
State
Zip

Other Business Information For Internal Use

Do you rent or own the Business Location? Rent Own

If renting, when does the lease expire?

What is the number of employees at the Business Location? *
Does the business use an Alarm System Company? Yes No

If so, Alarm Company name
Alarm Company phone number

Are any flammable or toxic materials/chemicals stored on site? Yes No

If so, please describe in detail

Monthly - Taxes due of $60 or more per month
Quarterly - Taxes due of $59 or less per month
Annual - Taxes due of $100 or less per year

Authorized Signature *
To sign this form, please type your first and last name in the box above.

Title *
Date *

Home Based Business Supplement

How many employees work in your home who do not live in the home? *
How many employees report to your home for job related information or supplies? *
How many vehicles, associated with your business, park at the location? *
Do you have supplies, material, stock or an office located in a garage, shed or other out_building? *
Yes No

If yes, please describe.

Do you have any business related equipment stored outside your residence? *
Yes No

If yes, please describe the items, and where/how they are stored.

Arvada's Municipal Code on Home Occupations

5.3.4 Home Occupations

All permitted home occupations shall comply with the following standards and conditions:

Development Standards
1. The use is conducted entirely within the dwelling and not in any accessory building and is carried on only by inhabitants thereof and no others.
2. The entrance to the space devoted to such use shall be from within the dwelling, unless otherwise required by state law or regulation.
3. The use does not require internal or external alteration or involve construction features or use of mechanical equipment not customarily in a dwelling.
4. No stock in trade is kept or commodities sold except such as are made on the premises. This does not include the storage of stock or commodities which are sold off the premises.
5. The use does require internal or external alteration or involve construction features or use of mechanical equipment not customarily in a dwelling.
6. The use is limited to electric motors for power, with a total limitation of three (3) horsepower.
7. The use does not create any offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odors, heat or glare noticeable at or beyond the property line.
8. The use shall not change the character of the dwelling or create outside the dwelling any external evidence, either on the property or on the street, of the operation of the home occupation, except for one non_illuminated sign, having an area of not more than one square foot, which shall be attached flat against the dwelling. A garage or other accessory building shall not be utilized for, or in conjunction with, a home occupation.
9. There shall be no exterior/outside storage on the premises of material or equipment used as part of the home occupation.
10. The use shall not create any significant traffic burden within the immediate area.
11. All parking needs created by all home occupations shall be accommodated by offstreet parking and shall not exceed the parking capacity of the existing and available parking facilities located on the property. No more than two vehicles that are associated with the home occupations at the dwelling may be parked on_site at any one time.

Home Business Compliance Signature

I have read the home occupations municipal code 5.3.4 and understand I must comply with the stated standards and conditions listed above.

Home Business Owners Authorized Signature *
Date *

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Form

Business Location Address (cannot accept a PO Box)

Mailing Address (Tax Return)

Contact Address

Contact Address

Contact Address

Property Owner Contact Address