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Small-business owner tells council Lee's Summit permitting process is hard to navigate; asks for clearer guidance
Summary
A co-owner of Summit Play Village told the council the city's permitting and inspection sequencing lacks clear, consolidated guidance for small businesses, and she asked the city to create a checklist and convene a feedback group to improve the process.
Joanna Anderson, co-owner of Summit Play Village, addressed the council during public comment to say the city’s permitting system is difficult for small-business owners who are managing parts of their own build-outs.
Anderson said the process “assumes that I have a general contractor and architect managing everything from start to finish, which is simply not the case for many small businesses.” She told…
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