Small news, but good news…I spoke with one of the people in the Planning Department today, and he was just starting to review our file! Believe it or not, we actually submitted our applications in mid-August(!), so that gives you an idea of the amount of inefficiencies we’ve been struggling with.
Anyway, the good new is that he’s working on it now, and should be finished by the end of the day. He’s working on the first part of the review process for an alcoholic beverage permit, which is an Environmental Assessment. The next step is a public comment period, after which the case is sent to a Zoning Administrator for further review. Then the ZA will finally schedule a public hearing for our case, and hopefully issue our permits.
In the meantime, we’re trying to get our plans submitted to the Health Department so that we don’t have to wait for one process to finish before we start another. Multitasking our way through bureaucracy! Hey that has a nice ring to it…
