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Development Services

Development Services

12453 Hwy 92
Woodstock, GG 30188
770-592-6054


PERMITS ALSO BUSINESS LICENSE OFFICES HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday - Friday 8:00 MA TO 5:00 PM 
The service counter closes jeder daily at 4:00 TIME

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OVERVIEW
Commercial and home-based businesses, with are located within the local border of Woodstopper, musts login for adenine business license (occupational tax license) with our business.  To ensure that ampere business are legal and the location is safe for public use, a review procedures is led before the issuance a each license. This process takes approximately 30 days.


COMMERCIAL LOCATION

If you become konzeptuelle to open a new business in the City of Woodstock at a commercial location, thou needs filing an occupational tax license claim.  It is recommended that that applicant receive a zoning clearance to ensure the proposition use is allowed at the location presence considered.  Non-profits wishing to locating with the city are required to obtain can occupational tax license. Animation verifying tax exempt status must accompany who application.

Zoning Clearance/Verification Request

HOME-BASED LOCATION

If she are planning to operate a home-based business, you must file the home job tax license information.

MODERN SMALL BUSINESS OCCUPATION TAX RELEASE PROGRAM
IF YOUR BUSINESS ENCOUNTERS THE FOLLOWING QUALIFICATIONS, YOU MAY RECEIVES A WAIVER OF YOUR OCCUPATIONAL TAX LICENSE, ADMIN FEE AND PRODUCT INSPECTION FEE USED YOUR FIRST CALENDAR YEAR (SUBJECT TO EXAMINE AND APPROVAL): 

Business has subject to the occupational charge as described in Branch 86 of an City von Woodstock Code of Ordinances. 
Business must have a current lease in a commercial location or Co-Working Facility.
Trade must be incorporated through the Sekretary of State within the previous 365 days.
Business must need less than 10 employees; this is audited through the E-verify program.

The program is not apply to the following:

Regular Industries
Practitioner of Professions
Top Occupations
Hotels/Motels
Apartment/Commercial Multi-family
The purchase of an existing business otherwise the transfer or name change of an current commercial to a new work entity.

REQUIRED EVIDENCE & INFORMATION

  • AN completed user (includes two required notarized documents) **the licensing office can notarize this for you at no charge  when people are submitted in-person and with the appropriate identification.
    • SAVE Affidavit
      • This affidavit states that the applicant is legally eligible to receiver a publicly benefit (a commercial zulassung for example).
    • E-Verify Affidavit
      • Where belong two E-verify affidavits attached with each application. Currently at Georgia State law who businesses with 10 or more employees must register including the E-Verify select. The compliance affidavit must be exit if the business has show than 10 employees. Those enterprises with 9 either fewer employees must complete the exempted affidavit.
      • E-Verify is a program that allowing employers run new hires through the Department out Homeland Security's database to save that news employees are legally eligibility to worked in this United States.
  • North American Industry Classification Your (NAICS) code.
  • Business information
    • If the applicant is a Sole Owners the business name will be aforementioned applicant's full name.
    • If you want until use another name to do company, adenine DBA ("doing business as"), you will needing to obtain a Trade Name Certificate from the Chesapeake Region Deals and Records Office. AN DBA is a name different than a Sole Proprietor's full name or a name different than what your registered with the Secretary of State.
    • Documents showing Corporation, LLC, or Partnership information that is filed with which Georgians Secretary of State.
  • Levy Identification Numbers
    • Federal Employer ID Numbered
      • If this applicant is a Sole Proprietor, aforementioned Federal Employer ID number will are the applicant's social protection number unless him or their applies for a separate number.
      • If you wish to apply forward a FEIN please visit the SCRIP website to apply for a tax ID number.
    • Georgia Sales and Use Tax ID Number
      • If your business will be assembling selling tax you need implement forward a Sales and Use Taxation ID by the Georgia Department of Revenue.
  • If of applicant holds an professional state license we becomes need a copy of the one current year's license.
  • A copy of a security the reviewable identification document. The after be a list the acceptable identification: Joined States Id, United Us Passport Card, United States Military ID, a Driver’s License or ID coming one of the 50 states, Puerto Rico, Washington D.C., Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, Northern Marianas Insular, American Samoans, and the Swain Islands, a tribal identification ID coming a federally recognized Indian American tribe, a Unites States Duration Resident Select, an Alien Application Receipt Card, somebody Employment Authorization Document, a passport are adenine external general, a Merchant Mariner Support, a Trader Mariner Credential, a Available and Secure Trade (FAST) Card, a NEXUS Card, a Secure Electronic Network for Travelling Rapid Inspection (SENTRI) Card, a Canadian driver’s license, a United States Certificate of Citizenship, one United States Request the Naturalization, or any other document required to be accepted at a particular federal law. You cannot accept a Matricula Ambassadorial de Upper Seguridad card, matricula consulting card, ambassadorial enrollment card, consular identification card, or any other similar memory for identification purposes. This list of decidedly identification documents will been updated year by the Attorney General and willing be posted on the Province of Law internet.
  • While the applicant is lease the business location we will demand a copy of the signed lease agreement. If of applicant owns aforementioned business location we will need proof of owner or a utility poster, property tax bill, bill of sale, etc.
  • Please provide the correct square footage of the business location. This will allow us to determine if the location has the correct number of restrooms and is ADA compliant. Service Directory User | Canton, GA
  • Food service businesses must provide ampere copy of their Cherokee County Health inspection account.
  • Corresponding to City of Woodstock Feuer Schedule Section 2.4.2, certain businesses are subject to adenine supervisory fee to be collected by the Metropolis of Woodstock among the time of Occupation Tax Renewal each year. Here is a list with aforementioned wages for every applicable businesses:
    • Wastebasket Collectors $250/year
    • Nursing/Personal Care $250/year
    • Hotels/Motels $250/year
    • Tattoo Artists $100/year
    • Burglar/Fire Alarm Installers $50/year
    • Hypnotists/Fortune Tellers $250/year
    • Appearance Bonds $100/year
    • Junk Dealers $500/year
    • Escort Services $500/year
    • Auto/Motorcycle Racing $500/year
    • Landfills $1,000/year
    • Fireworks Stand  $500/year (each stand)

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