10 Tips on How to Fight Back Against Bad Zoning Laws
1. Put together a well thought out business plan. You want a business plan to show what you hope to accomplish with your business from start and what progress you hope to accomplish by a certain year. You want to be able to show that you need the zoning laws status to be changed. Make sure there is no spelling errors and no grammar errors whatsoever.
2. You need to show you have a valid reason for needing the zoning laws to be changed. You want to have something to back up your reason to fighting the zoning laws. You need to give enough reason to show them how the company will benefit other people. You need to show them why other people need your companies service(s) or item(s).
3. You need to be prepared to talk at a meeting. You will have to go through a meeting with the people and you need to be extra prepared. You don’t want to mess up when you are talking. You need to know exactly what you want to say and how you want to say it. You need to sound confident in what you say. They need to see how serious you are about why people can use your company and how your company can help other people.
4. The progress may take a while. Don’t get discouraged in fighting the zoning laws. If they won’t change it then you can always tweak your business a little bit. For example, due to certain zoning laws some people aren’t allowed to operate a private school out of their home, but yet they are allowed to do tutoring out of their home instead.
5. Talk very professional in the meeting. Don’t badmouth them. Don’t be rude. Be very polite and stay professional no matter what. Do not tell them that you think the zoning laws are the most stupidest thing whatever you do. Don’t be negative. Just state your reasons for needing the zoning laws to be changed.
6. Be prepared for any questions that may ask you. Do not hesitate when you answer. When a persons hesitates then it implies doubt within a person so make sure to answer questions immediately without any long pauses. If you don’t do well talking confident in groups and answering questions then you can have someone else who is to talk on behalf of your company for you.
7.If you fail the first time when trying to get the zoning laws changed then you try a second time. If you don’t succeed on the second time at getting the status changed then perhaps you can move your business to a different location. Who knows you might even like the other business location better than the original one that you wanted.
8. Talk to them about the service or products that your company does offer. Show them depending upon the location how easy and convenient it is going to be for people to stop by your company. Tell them what is unique about having your business in that specific location.
9. If any buildings are commercial zoned around the location that you are interested in then point that out. If they are close enough to each other then that might make a difference in their decision. If your business is somewhat similar to any current business in the local area around the location that you are interested in then that goes in your favor already.
10. If it all fails then you can either start a different company like a tutoring company instead of a private school. It is part of tweaking a business in order to make it acceptable. You can always find a loophole around regulations and rules.
