Licenses and Permits

LICENSE AND PERMIT REVIEW/APPROVAL ISSUES:

Every business that seeks to open a store or other facility open to the public must go through the local town/city where the address is located. The business must work with planning, parks and recreation (for outside issues), law enforcement, city managers, city attorney office and town counsel to be allowed to legally open the doors to the public. To make sure that a business obtains all of their objectives and make sure all the proper permits are in place takes a great deal of hard work, experience and advocacy.

Appeals can be costly and can delay the opening of the business. Appeals can be avoided as long as each step required is followed to the letter. For restaurants and related licensing (liquor, expansion, special operating hours and so forth) requires a majority of the counsel to agree. Each person on the agenda only has a few minutes to present the entire case and then a decision is made. As the window is so narrow and the results can set the life line for the business it is important to prepare. outline oral arguments in advance and so forth ,because once the process starts it is over as quickly. The law office treats this area of work similar to a court appearance. One never wants to go into the system un-represented, alone and unprepared.

The law office can also help with code violations, sanctions, denial of a renewal application or permission to expand. Most of these challenges are handled internally, but the preparation is just as important as if the matter was going before a judge or a city council. For more information on help in this area contact the Law Office of Holden Green today for an individual office consultation with Mr. Green.

Former clients include: Federal Reality Investment Trust (FREIT), Old Town Shopping Center (Los Gatos, CA), Santana Row (San Jose, CA) and Westgate Shopping Center (San Jose, CA).