Hi Wendy and welcome. I'm a hobby baker in Illinois and have only heard not-so-good things about our cottage laws. I once met a cookie decorator from Barrington and she told me she went thru all the hoops (getting certified, making labels, etc) and she baked in a commercial kitchen outside her home because she couldn't be legal in her own home (not sure of the reason). When I asked her where she decorated she kinda winked at me. So, I'm thinking she wasn't exactly legal. She also said she paid $800 for insurance, in case someone decided to sue her for a bad cookie I guess. My point is that if you're only allowed to make $1,000 a month and you have to pay insurance, is it worth it? Good luck figuring it all out. I have a friend that had a petition going a while back, had thousands of signatures and spoke to state representatives to change the laws, she does cakes, but had no luck and gave up. A woman I work with has a daughter that quit her full time job and leased a small building to make cakes and cookies. It wasn't even going to be a storefront. Cook County kept telling her to make all these changes in the building (like move a vent over one foot) that she never opened and just bakes from home now. It's frustrating. One last story. My husband's office doesn't use their cafeteria any longer so they lease it out to a couple of food truck businesses. They each have certain days. Anyway, a Gigi's cupcake franchise used to bake there. Not sure you want to do a cookie truck haha!! I wish you luck