STEP 3
STEP 1
A. Any person to engage in or manage any A. personwishing wishing to engage in or manage any business, business, professionb in the professionororoccupation occupation in City the ofCity of Miramar, Miramar, including is required includingaahome-based home-basedbusiness, business, is required by by ordinance to acquire a City Business Tax ordinance to acquire a City BusinessTaxReceipt. Receipt.
CONSULT WITH THE CITY’S PLANNING & REDEVELOPMENT DIVISION
lease, please please contact contact aa City City of ofMiramar Miramar Before signing a lease, planner to make make sure sure that thatthe thelocation locationisiszoned zonedfor forthe the Planner business you you wish wishto tooperate. operate.(See (Seepg.8) pg. 8)
STEP 2
GUIDE TO DOING BUSINESS
COMPLETE THE THE APPLICATION APPLICATION FOR FOR COMPLETE OF USE USE ZONING CERTIFICATE OF A. This An application requiredfor forthe the following: A. application isisrequired following: • •New Newbusinesses businesses • •An Anexisting existingbusiness business a new location at at a new location • •Adding/changing Adding/changing the type of use a legally the type of use of aoflegally established business established business • •Transfer Transferofofbusiness business ownership ownership B. The The “Zoning of Use” may B. “ZoningCertificate Certificate of application Use” application may be picked up at the Planning & Redevelopment be picked up at the Planning & Redevelopment Division, Division, Building Building Division Division or or downloaded downloaded from from the City the of CityMiramar’s of Miramar’s website at: https://www. website at: https://www.miramarfl. miramarfl.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4843/ g o v/ D o c u m e n t C e n t e r/ V i e w/ 4 8 4 3 /Z o n i n g Zoning-Certificate-of-Use-PDF?bidld= Certificate- of-Use-PDF?bidId= C. Submit the to the C. Submit the completed completedapplication application to Building the Building Division, Division,located locatedatat2200 2200 Civic Center Place, Floor. Civic Center Place, 1st1st Floor. While you you are are here: here: You You may may want want to to visit the Planning Planning & & While Redevelopment Division Division to to ask ask questions questions about about zoning, zoning, Redevelopment signage signage and andbusiness businessincentives. incentives. Special anyany interior work or Special note: note: IfIfyou youare areplanning planningforfor interior work changing thethe useuse of ofa aspace or changing space(for (forexample, example, from from retail retail to best to to check check with with the the Engineering Engineering to restaurant), restaurant), itit is is best Services Department to see if water and wastewater Services Department to see if water and wastewater impact fees apply in your case. This should be done before impact fees apply in your case. This should be done submitting a building permit for any interior work.
COMPLETETHE THEBUSINESS BUSINESSTAX TAX COMPLETE RECEIPT APPLICATION APPLICATION RECEIPT
B. contactthethe Business Tax Receipt B. Please Please contact Business Tax Receipt office atoffice at 602-3061 to determine application is (954) (954) 602-3061 to determine whichwhich application is foryour yourbusiness, business. Further information applicable applicable for Further information andand an application visit: http://www.miramarfl. to download download an application visit: https://www. gov/201/Business-Tax-Occupational-Licenses miramarfl.gov/201/Business-Tax-Occupational-Licenses C. Submit completed application to the Business C. Submit completed application to the Business Tax Tax Receipt Office, located at 2300 Civic Center Place Receipt office. located at 2300 Civic Center Place (Cashier’s Office). Office).While Whileyou youare arehere, here, you open (Cashier’s you cancan open a a utilities account at the water billing cashier window. utilities account at the water billing cashier window.
MIRAMAR
SIMPLE STEPS TO JUMP START YOUR BUSINESS IN MIRAMAR
STEP 4
COMPLETE THE WATER BILLING NEW ACCOUNT APPLICATION AND UTILITY GUARANTEE OF PAYMENT DEPOSIT A. An application is required to establish a new Water Billing services (water, sewer and sanitation). B.
Please contact our Customer Service Division at 954-602-HELP (4357) or email wbcustomerservice@miramarfl.gov for further information.
To download the application, visit the Water Billing Division website at https://www.miramarfl.gov/205/ Water-Billing-Division
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Submit completed application to the Water Billing Division located at 2300 Civic Center Place, Miramar, FL. 33025 or 6700 Miramar Pkwy, Miramar, FL 33023 or email wbcustomerservice@miramarfl.gov
before submitting a building permit for any interior work.
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