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Originally Posted by movingtohamilton
Please share the specifics of this.
Over and over again we hear about the city making things so hard for businesses, but no one shares the details. I understand that the business doesn't want to piss off the bureaucrats, so they keep quiet. But 3rd parties, like you, don't have to. You're anonymous on this forum, so spill it!
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From what I heard, G&G were initially denied and told to apply for rezoning because their building was zoned industrial. The found out that Fairweather down the street who is under the same zoning type, was approved by the city to open a brewery there. G&G went back to the city and basically said, you told these guys they could open a brewery so why can't we? At which point the city let them open.
Edit: This is part of a bigger problem which is lack of consistency when it comes to rules at the city. Another instance was working with the building department. One engineer who has worked on a number of bars/restaurants had one set of rules and documents that he wanted. Another engineer was stricter and wanted other things. Some of those things cost the client more money and time. So if you get stuck with that engineer, you get screwed over a bit and then no one knows that the base rules are when it's applied differently by everyone.