Well, I didn't get such good news last Friday. Been thinking about it for the whole weekend and I still dont know what to do. So maybe some of you can provide a bit of help.
As most of you probably know, I opened a business 2 years ago of car parts distribution and installation. Now we have something bigger we are planning to open on March 2006. It's a custom car auto-complex. 4 companies together, me and 3 others. Basicly, I do the parts and mecanics, another company does the stereo systems/alarms, other one does decals/carwash/compound and such and the last one does car upholstery.
So we found a great spot to open up the auto complexe. I found a builder to get the building up for March 2006, no problem. The company builds it then we rent, no moving in and arrangement spendings . So I went to city planning to check the zoning (what we are allowed to operate/type of business) at the city hall and everything was fine, that's 6 months ago...
So last week, while making my business plan I needed to get confirmation that IN FACT there was no problem with us openning that kind of business in that particular spot. When I receive the zoning plans, it seems that now, car washs are not allowed there...but car dealers are. And what I dont understand is that car dealers do wash cars all days long, it's just not advertised as a carwash.
Now, I have to tell the guys that is bringing the carwash/decals/compound company with usthat they cant go there no more....which threatens to make the hole project collapse. BUT, I can make a request to change the zoning so that the city will allow a carwash there, but it costs 1700$ with no garantee and it takes ATLEAST a year....we plan on opening on March 2006. It doesn't add up....
So my solutions are: Telling the guy he cant come no more but it doesn't seem like an option cuz we are counting on him to have a full auto-complexe with nothing missing.
Make a request for a zoning change which is not necessarly going to work
Or
Operate the carwash under the fact that they need to clean cars before they apply the decals or compound....This could work but it's really playing with fire.
I think the guys could combine option 2 and 3. Make a zoning request change this week so that we'd have an answer in a year and operate the car wash under some other reason than a full carwash for 4 months after the car complexe opens until we get the zoning change. But the problem is that the zoning change is not garanteed, although I dont see why it would'nt work but we never EVER know with cities and the reasons why they choose the zonings they do.
I am the one planning the whole thing for me and everyone else, so I'm in control of the information. What would you guys do?
As most of you probably know, I opened a business 2 years ago of car parts distribution and installation. Now we have something bigger we are planning to open on March 2006. It's a custom car auto-complex. 4 companies together, me and 3 others. Basicly, I do the parts and mecanics, another company does the stereo systems/alarms, other one does decals/carwash/compound and such and the last one does car upholstery.
So we found a great spot to open up the auto complexe. I found a builder to get the building up for March 2006, no problem. The company builds it then we rent, no moving in and arrangement spendings . So I went to city planning to check the zoning (what we are allowed to operate/type of business) at the city hall and everything was fine, that's 6 months ago...
So last week, while making my business plan I needed to get confirmation that IN FACT there was no problem with us openning that kind of business in that particular spot. When I receive the zoning plans, it seems that now, car washs are not allowed there...but car dealers are. And what I dont understand is that car dealers do wash cars all days long, it's just not advertised as a carwash.
Now, I have to tell the guys that is bringing the carwash/decals/compound company with usthat they cant go there no more....which threatens to make the hole project collapse. BUT, I can make a request to change the zoning so that the city will allow a carwash there, but it costs 1700$ with no garantee and it takes ATLEAST a year....we plan on opening on March 2006. It doesn't add up....
So my solutions are: Telling the guy he cant come no more but it doesn't seem like an option cuz we are counting on him to have a full auto-complexe with nothing missing.
Make a request for a zoning change which is not necessarly going to work
Or
Operate the carwash under the fact that they need to clean cars before they apply the decals or compound....This could work but it's really playing with fire.
I think the guys could combine option 2 and 3. Make a zoning request change this week so that we'd have an answer in a year and operate the car wash under some other reason than a full carwash for 4 months after the car complexe opens until we get the zoning change. But the problem is that the zoning change is not garanteed, although I dont see why it would'nt work but we never EVER know with cities and the reasons why they choose the zonings they do.
I am the one planning the whole thing for me and everyone else, so I'm in control of the information. What would you guys do?
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