"Be nice. But the area is probably not zoned commercial. Or some other reason to deny it..."
Often one of the hurdles to obtaining a building permit is to overcome the burden of changing the current zoning to something more favorable to your purpose.
In this case, with the current SC decision still fresh on everyone's mind, the application to build could simply ask that the zoning be changed.
This is going to be fun! Thanks to all for making my pre-retirement dream come true. Simper Fi
Well, I'm lookin' at investing. If something starts coming together...