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pattycakesnj
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Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:54 pm |
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| PattyT wrote: | | pattycakesnj wrote: | | anyone in northern nj want to share space???????? |
I'm in South Jersey / Philly area.....but wish I could do some kind of shared situation with you. I think Rutgers was building a business incubator that included a commercial kitchen, but it wasn't done yet; and my sense was that it was to help small/new businesses set up food processing lines.
A place in Philly has a commercial shared kitchen to rent, but it's $39-$44 per hour depending on time of day...not very practical at the speed I bake and decorate.
Did anything come from the petition for New Jersey home baking that was out there? I signed it plus was watching the Facebook group, but activity seemed to slow down. |
I believe the Rutgers incubator kitchen is up and running but it is not practical for me. Last I looked, the bill was still in committee. Hopefully now that the election is over, something may give. If nothing happens by the end of the year, we need to start all over again in January. Wow, $39-44 is expensive and I thought I lived in an expensive area. Check churches, Vfw, etc |
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krissycupcakes
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Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:38 pm |
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rosiecast check on that because my mother lives in upstate NY and she can home bake with a couple of rules! so just double check from what i understand things differ by county in NY good luck |
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casmom
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Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:20 pm |
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I too live in Northern NJ (Hudson County to be exact). I have a plan to open my own business in a couple of years, even though I am still a newbie, at least I know I have a plan to look forward to. I know for certain that it is not legal to have a home-based business in NJ. But after reading this thread about 1 person that can legally open her business, I might have to search the news.
Anyone else live in the Hudson county? I would love to share the space if I could get any orders in the future. |
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pattycakesnj
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Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:37 pm |
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| casmom wrote: | I too live in Northern NJ (Hudson County to be exact). I have a plan to open my own business in a couple of years, even though I am still a newbie, at least I know I have a plan to look forward to. I know for certain that it is not legal to have a home-based business in NJ. But after reading this thread about 1 person that can legally open her business, I might have to search the news.
Anyone else live in the Hudson county? I would love to share the space if I could get any orders in the future. |
it is legal in NJ to bake out of your home. However, you must have a seperate kitchen, whether it be in your basement or garage etc. |
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stephaniescakenj
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Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:45 pm |
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Just an update on the bill ladies... Senator Karrow presented the bill to legalize home kitchens. She lost the primaries back in June and was unable to run for her senate seat this past week. Unfortunately, Doherty was elected to take her senate seat and does not support us. Fortunately the assemblyman that worked with Karrow was re elected and with any luck with still be willing to help us. I was speaking with Grace (she created the online petition and started the letter writing campaign) just after the election and we planned to restart the letter writing campaign this coming week once the dust settles from the election. We are planning on coming up with another form letter for everyone to send out to their local legislators. We really need a democrat on board to help this bill along so that's what we're hoping to accomplish with resending the letters again. |
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pattycakesnj
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Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:55 pm |
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Thanks Stephanie for the update, whatever you need done let us know. |
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PattyT
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Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:14 pm |
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Ditto - thank you Stephanie. |
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PinkZiab
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| pattycakesnj wrote: | | casmom wrote: | I too live in Northern NJ (Hudson County to be exact). I have a plan to open my own business in a couple of years, even though I am still a newbie, at least I know I have a plan to look forward to. I know for certain that it is not legal to have a home-based business in NJ. But after reading this thread about 1 person that can legally open her business, I might have to search the news.
Anyone else live in the Hudson county? I would love to share the space if I could get any orders in the future. |
it is legal in NJ to bake out of your home. However, you must have a seperate kitchen, whether it be in your basement or garage etc. |
It's more than just having to be a separate kitchen. The kitchen can NOT be accessible from inside the the home (so if it's a basement the internal entrance must be closed off and only an outside entrance can be used) it must also be built-out to commercial standards (commercial stove, oven, refrigeration, fire suppression, flooring, sinks etc). It's essentially a full commercial kitchen located on your property. Also, there's the matter of whether your local zoning laws would allow that as well... it's not just a state matter. |
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casmom
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Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:29 am |
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@stephaniescakenj: Thank you for the update & please let us know how it goes. I'll certainly support it.
@pattycakesnj & @PinkZiab: Do you guys have a link to the rules/laws? I live in a condo right now and only have my garage as a spare space but I'm not sure if the building association will agree with me if I made a kitchen out of it. LOL
Note: I use FB kinda thing because I don't really know how to quote different messages into one. Help anyone? Thanks. |
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pattycakesnj
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Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:35 am |
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casmom, The food safety law in NJ is chapter 24, just google it. But I highly doubt you would be able to do anything living in a condo. You would also have to check with your town's health dept and zoning board, that is where I got most of my info. Good luck |
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casmom
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Sat Nov 07, 2009 3:52 pm |
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I'll check it later. Thank you, Patty. |
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rosiecast
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Sat Nov 07, 2009 8:17 pm |
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| krissycupcakes wrote: | | rosiecast check on that because my mother lives in upstate NY and she can home bake with a couple of rules! so just double check from what i understand things differ by county in NY good luck |
Thanks Krissy, I'll have to check. I thought it was NY state law. I live in Hastings, NY. |
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