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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 requires a pow­er let­ter and/or build­ing per­mit, we will not be able to start ser­vice until you have sent the approval let­ter to YEC.

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

• 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 size.

• 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)

• 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 by the coun­ty to eval­u­ate the use of your busi­ness, and the location’s zon­ing and build­ing codes.
• There is a pow­er let­ter guide with­in the appli­ca­tion. If you are not able to deter­mine if your busi­ness requires a let­ter, then please con­tact our Mem­ber Ser­vices Depart­ment at 803–684‑4248 (Mon­day Fri­day 8 am‑5 pm).
• Please con­tact York Coun­ty Plan­ning & Devel­op­ment at 803–909‑7200, and they will inform you on how to obtain a pow­er let­ter.

If you are open­ing a busi­ness in an exist­ing build­ing, there are some things you should know about York coun­ty’s build­ing & zon­ing reg­u­la­tions.

 

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