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Hello everyone. I got a question for you. I live in rochester mn, and I'm looking into picking up a breeders permit for my local area, but I'm kind of at a cross roads about what to do. Should I do it now, or should I wait and see what happens with the laws that are going through the house and the senate. From what I can tell. In my local area ball pythons are legal, and nothing is wrong with having them if they aren't a danger to anyone. (see http://www.rochestermn.gov/departments/attorney/ordinances/pdf/ORD106A.pdf ). I also plan on filing a D.B.A. and claiming any/all income on my taxes. Come thursday my collection will be 45 , so I figure now is a good time to start knocking out this paperwork, but I wanted to get your opinions. See what you think. There is a little voice inside my head that is telling me wait and make sure they don't pass any laws... but I know that isn't the "right" thing to do. Let me know what you think, and please read over the city ordinaces too to make sure I'm not missing anything... Thanks!!
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Coolluigi

"You can never have too many hets" - Jim S

Coolluigi007
0.1 Pastel Pos Het Orange Ghost,
2.1 Pastel,
1.0 Mojave Pos Het Orange Ghost,
3.0 Yellowbelly,
1.0 100 % Het Pied,
0.8 50% Het Pied,
3.10 Normal,
0.2 100% Het Orange Ghost,
0.2 Spider,
1.2 100% Het VPI Axanthic...
and soon to be more. *fingers crossed*

Do they even have a permit? What got you worried?

Nothing got me worried really. I just think that as my number of bp's is getting close to fifty that I probably need to do that someday, and why not now...
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Coolluigi

"You can never have too many hets" - Jim S

Coolluigi007
0.1 Pastel Pos Het Orange Ghost,
2.1 Pastel,
1.0 Mojave Pos Het Orange Ghost,
3.0 Yellowbelly,
1.0 100 % Het Pied,
0.8 50% Het Pied,
3.10 Normal,
0.2 100% Het Orange Ghost,
0.2 Spider,
1.2 100% Het VPI Axanthic...
and soon to be more. *fingers crossed*

even deed restrictions. It MAY be legal to breed your pets, but COULD be violating a zoning ordinance (or deed restriction) to do it as a business. Be sure to make ALL INQUIRIES ANONYMOUSLY until you are sure you are in the clear. If you suddenly find out that you are violating SOMETHING (and there are so many laws and ordinances these days that you may well be violating one of them!), you want plenty of time to decide what to do about it, without a government guy handing out fines while you decide.

Say it IS a zoning violation to run a biz out of your home but you want to breed and sell them-- would you just do it and hope to not get caught....
I will venture a guess that there are a lot of ppl on this site that breed and sell online from thier homes in violation of some silly ordinance---

Do you just carry on and be *sneaky* or go get dozens of permits and licenses, rent a shop, blah blah blah and potentially cost yourself more than you are making-- all to avoid an ordinance violation?

just wondering
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Okay. My landlord knows I have snakes and is cool with it. I'll have to see if I can find something in the zoning rules, but the first time I looked I couldn't find anything. But i'll double check.
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Coolluigi

"You can never have too many hets" - Jim S

Coolluigi007
0.1 Pastel Pos Het Orange Ghost,
2.1 Pastel,
1.0 Mojave Pos Het Orange Ghost,
3.0 Yellowbelly,
1.0 100 % Het Pied,
0.8 50% Het Pied,
3.10 Normal,
0.2 100% Het Orange Ghost,
0.2 Spider,
1.2 100% Het VPI Axanthic...
and soon to be more. *fingers crossed*