Trade License

Trade License is a license issued by the municipal corporation which gives you permission to carry on the particular trade or business for which it is issued. It does not grant ownership of property or permission for any other activity than for which it is issued.
It is important for trade within the city to be regulated to ensure that the citizen is not adversely affected by Health Hazard & Nuisance by improper carrying of a trade. 

Different types of business: 

All eating establishments like Hotels, Restaurants , Refreshments, Dharshinies , Sale of Coffee and Tea , Lodging Houses , Bakeries , Sweet meat stall , Sale of Mutton , Beef , Fish , Pork and Chicken and Provision stores.
All trades which use motive power to run and to manufacture like , Industries, Factories ,Workshops , Power looms , Flour Mills etc.
Offensive and dangerous trades like, charcoal depot , sale of firewood , timber wood , dry clean shops , Dhobi shops , Beauty parlor , Barbershop , Sale of edible oil , storage of ammunition ,breweries, manufacture camphor and candles. 

Documents: 

Application Form 353.
Tax paid receipt & 3 copies of blue print(if any place for the purpose of storing or selling explosives, timber or other combustible material shall contain a statement showing the boundaries and measurements of such place)
Owner/Neighbor consent letter. 

Fee Structure:
Minimum Fees: Rs. 200/-
Maximum Fees: Rs.10000/-

Renewal Process:
Renewal period is from January 1st to March 31st of every year.

Applications for renewal of such licenses shall be made not less than 30 days before the commencement of the year for which renewal is sought
Delayed renewal will attract of 50% license fees.
The following documents have to be submitted for renewal of trade license,
1. Original License copy.
2. Previous year fees challans.
3. Up to date tax paid receipt

 Regional Office:

 Zonal Office 1, Opposite to Uday Hostel, Keshav Nagar Dharwad

Office: 0836-2743191
Mobile: 988085899

Online Application From:
http://218.248.45.169/download/welfare/trade.pdf