Casey ZemanChief Visionary at EasyWebinar

Navigating the Challenges of Opening a Coffee Shop: A Lesson in Compliance ☕️

29 Jul 2024 · 1 min

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Someone opened a coffee shop in March without knowing health and building codes. A December inspection found the building was recorded as one story when it had two, triggering a shutdown. It took 14 months and $60,000 to fix.

Questions this video answers

March (year not specified)

December (end of the year; year not specified)

About 14 months

Approximately $60,000

Building was recorded as one story in municipal system despite having a second story

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I went through that process trying to make a coffee shop, which I did make the coffee shop. The funny part about it is I just opened, so I didn't really know anything about business like health. Health Department compliancy. Yeah. Building the safety, compliance. I was totally, totally ignorant to the fact of what was really going on. So I opened up in March and I opened all the way to December of the end of the year. And then the health department came. Eventually I had to shut down. And then I shut down. They were going to open me right back up. But then once health department notified building and safety, Building and safety is like, well, that can't be a 2stor because it's in our, in our system as a one story. So I guess the owners didn't update the system, they didn't update the property, nothing. It just like a. It was, I. I was in for a rude awakening. But I made it through. You know, it took me like 14 months to get fully compliant, get the building structured. I have to break down the second story, build it back up. It cost me thousands to do that. 60,000 just to do that. Damn.