ThanksFor those who attended the Norco meet-up;
As promised, I called the Norco Parks and Rec. Department this morning. I called Brian Petree's number 951-270- 5632. He is listed as the Director of Parks for Norco. I talked to a very nice lady named Maria, twice actually... I asked her what it would take to rent the pavilion at Snipes park. She said the cost to rent the patio would be $188 dollars for the whole day ($75 dollars of that is a refundable deposit but forfeited if cancelled at last minute.) The only restrictions were; no staking into the ground and if over 100 people the City would need an insurance deposit (don't know what that entails for $1,000,000). So anyway, I asked her if we needed a "permit" to use the park, she said no! She also said the pavilion was first come-first served use. I also asked if we had rented the pavilion does that mean we have exclusive use of the park area, she said no! We would only be guaranteed the use of the pavilion and others were entitled to the rest of the park. I asked specifically, if we had a group of people who brought chickens and met at the park to socialize and hang out, did we need some kind of permit, she said no! At that point I ask her what I needed to do to file a complaint regarding a city employee who had kicked our group out of the park. She is emailing me the form! I called back a 3rd time and talked to another nice lady named Robin. I asked her if we needed a permit to use the park for showing and exchanging our chickens and animals and socializing. I told her we had been meeting there twice a year for the last 4 years without any problems. She said she had driven by and noticed that the park was busier than normal and noticed that AC was there. I told her that I talked to him and he said everything looked ok and we didn't appear to be doing anything wrong. She said that his boss was also her boss and she will check into it with her boss and get back to me on the issue of either needing a permit for sales or having the animals there because she wasn't sure what the policy would be.
Updated information; Robin just called me back. She said if we are "selling" then we need state vendor permits AND we would be required to get a Norco use permit (basically rent the pavilion) AND depending on what we are actually doing as a "group", Norco may need to have AC do an inspection of our animals or the event (probably a one time thing). She is sending me a list of questions that she wants from us, so she can find the answers from all the city people involved. So it may sound like a lot of hoops to jump through at first so that way we might not have to be hassled in the future...For those who attended the Norco meet-up;
As promised, I called the Norco Parks and Rec. Department this morning. I called Brian Petree's number 951-270- 5632. He is listed as the Director of Parks for Norco. I talked to a very nice lady named Maria, twice actually... I asked her what it would take to rent the pavilion at Snipes park. She said the cost to rent the patio would be $188 dollars for the whole day ($75 dollars of that is a refundable deposit but forfeited if cancelled at last minute.) The only restrictions were; no staking into the ground and if over 100 people the City would need an insurance deposit (don't know what that entails for $1,000,000). So anyway, I asked her if we needed a "permit" to use the park, she said no! She also said the pavilion was first come-first served use. I also asked if we had rented the pavilion does that mean we have exclusive use of the park area, she said no! We would only be guaranteed the use of the pavilion and others were entitled to the rest of the park. I asked specifically, if we had a group of people who brought chickens and met at the park to socialize and hang out, did we need some kind of permit, she said no! At that point I ask her what I needed to do to file a complaint regarding a city employee who had kicked our group out of the park. She is emailing me the form! I called back a 3rd time and talked to another nice lady named Robin. I asked her if we needed a permit to use the park for showing and exchanging our chickens and animals and socializing. I told her we had been meeting there twice a year for the last 4 years without any problems. She said she had driven by and noticed that the park was busier than normal and noticed that AC was there. I told her that I talked to him and he said everything looked ok and we didn't appear to be doing anything wrong. She said that his boss was also her boss and she will check into it with her boss and get back to me on the issue of either needing a permit for sales or having the animals there because she wasn't sure what the policy would be.
Ok, chickens heads; Please write this down for your future reference; Venti Caramel Frapp w/add shot, whip blended in, and NO whip or sauce on top. That's the usual StarBucks order. UPDATE: Seller's permits are free unless you are required to report sales tax (profits over $100,000). The Board of Equalization gives out the permits. You might not even need a permit if this "hobby" does not make a profit.... Here is a site for state publications which will answer alll of our questions;http://www.boe.ca.gov/sutax/staxpubsn.htm. I also talked to someone at the BOE office in Riverside who helped with this. The permit process would depend on each individual's situation, so NO group vendor permit. If someone who has more time then I (no homework time today, lol (OCD)) can help go through all this info, I think our whole group will benefit from this. We just need to figure out the rental deposit for each meet up. But I'm still digging into the info. AND there is a site for "Get it in writing" so if you ask a question, the BOE will give you an answer in writing, so you can show other entities why or why not, you do or don't need a permit....
UPDATE: I just recieved this from the City of Norco. If those of you can answer any of these questions, PM me and I will include it in my response. I would like input from Susan and Bea because I'm thinking they are the one's who put these together. Thanks to everyone who helps with this...
