We recently helped a small business, The Grayson, resolve a zoning compliance matter that threatened to shut them down because their c0-housing solution to long term rentals for corporate relocation clients was defined as a “hotel” despite the fact it’s a far cry from a hotel.
Since it would be incredibly difficult to walk through the intricate challenges of their situation in a single blog post, we will try to simplify it.
The Grayson was an AirBNB style co-housing rental that the owners live in. Unfortunately, such uses (businesses) aren’t defined in the County’s code. When a use is not defined, it’s not allowed except that the County can interpret what use it most closely resembles.
In this case, their undefined use was found to be most closely like that of a “hotels” and hotels are not allowed in the zone where our client is located.
To solve the problem, we tenaciously pursued a code interpretation that argued our client was operating a boarding house. And upon securing that code interpretation we helped bring the client into compliance with those regulations, saving the business.
Our client was willing to let us share her thoughts on our work. . .
“Toyer’s firm has a great background and working knowledge of regulations, zoning, and code. Toyer was able to navigate the complexity of county planning department and code, succeeding in getting a resolution that kept our business from having to close. More incredible was the fact that Toyer was successful where attorneys had failed to help us with the problem. Without Toyer Strategic’s involvement, we would have spent thousands of dollars fighting a losing battle!” Mariam Zinn, Owner, The Grayson
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