New Business Service

If you are open­ing a busi­ness in an exist­ing build­ing, you’ll need York Coun­ty’s build­ing & zon­ing reg­u­la­tion guide­lines.

York Coun­ty Plan­ning & Devel­op­ment requires busi­ness­es (that are not locat­ed with­in city lim­its) to obtain a pow­er let­ter and/or build­ing per­mit. This is need­ed… Con­tin­ue Read­ing What is a pow­er let­ter? How do we know if we need a pow­er let­ter? How do we obtain it?

Busi­ness owner’s driver’s license Fed­er­al Tax Iden­ti­fi­ca­tion Num­ber Pow­er let­ter and/or build­ing per­mit (depen­dent on your busi­ness location’s munic­i­pal­i­ty or coun­ty)

Exist­ing Loca­tions: Secu­ri­ty deposits are deter­mined based on the location’s pre­vi­ous aver­age month­ly bill. New Con­struc­tion: Secu­ri­ty deposits are deter­mined based on the location’s trans­former… Con­tin­ue Read­ing How is the secu­ri­ty deposit deter­mined?

$25.00 Ser­vice Acti­va­tion Fee (Non-Refund­able) $5.00 Mem­ber­ship Fee Secu­ri­ty Deposit (paid by cash, check, cred­it card, or mon­ey order)

Please apply as soon as you are able. The time­line will depend on whether your busi­ness has all the sup­port­ing doc­u­ments. If your business’s loca­tion… Con­tin­ue Read­ing When should we apply?