Nothing in that message implied that the neighbor's complaint had anything to do with the city's order. My husband owns Pandemonium in Cambridge, and when he moved his store from one Cambridge location to the current Cambridge location, he had to close the store for months because the city took that amount of time to issue the proper permit, instead of the expected 5-7 days. And when the permit was granted, it forced him to change construction plans, which had his store closed for the entire time. The city of Cambridge has inspectors who ensure that all businesses comply with city regulations, who actually visit his store occasionally.
Tyler says he actually wanted to have an "after school" or "noon - 6 pm" childrens program for kids ages 10+ at his store. When he looked into this, he discovered a massive amount of city and state regulations that he had a difficult time deciphering. When he found that, since it was not "full time child care" there was a murky morass of rules/permits/etc which applied, he decided it was not worth his time and money to institute the program. I can just imagine the rules for toddlers are even more stringent.
If the neighbor complained "I don't think this area is zoned for children" that might have been passed from the police department to the zoning department. However, the city and state inspectors would have eventually discovered this issue. City taxes are paid twice annually (but that's a different department from zoning). Noone here knows what caused the city to explore the store's zoning status.
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Tyler says he actually wanted to have an "after school" or "noon - 6 pm" childrens program for kids ages 10+ at his store. When he looked into this, he discovered a massive amount of city and state regulations that he had a difficult time deciphering. When he found that, since it was not "full time child care" there was a murky morass of rules/permits/etc which applied, he decided it was not worth his time and money to institute the program. I can just imagine the rules for toddlers are even more stringent.
If the neighbor complained "I don't think this area is zoned for children" that might have been passed from the police department to the zoning department. However, the city and state inspectors would have eventually discovered this issue. City taxes are paid twice annually (but that's a different department from zoning). Noone here knows what caused the city to explore the store's zoning status.