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July 18, 2007

Gunning for an occupancy permit

We are putting in long, hard hours doing all that we can to get an occupancy permit for Zeke's in time for the fall semester. You might think that means just "gettin' er done", but it's not that easy. Before we can get occupancy, we need to pass inspection. Before we can pass inspection, we need to satisfy all the myriad of city code.
Let me share what we are facing now to meet code:
1. A handrail leading up to the stage. Didn't have one, didn't plan it. We can't just go to Lowe's and pick one of those up (at least for our kind of facility). Thanks to Nevada Metalworks, Inc. we have one being made as I type.
2. The ramp from the cafe to Zeke's needs to be changed or it could be a safety hazard. We're still not sure how to change it... ramps all around, fixed seating as a barrier, what? Once we figure that out, we need to do it before we can get approved.
3. We need to put up a temporary wall between the bathrooms and the cafe, since it will be awhile until we get the cafe done.
4. And none of that stuff addresses all the other issues of covering exposed construction, flooring, fire system, emergency exits, and on and on.

So pray and please volunteer any time you got to help us get all this stuff done! We're so close to the finish line. Today, carpet was installed on the main floor of Zeke's. The remaining parts will go down tomorrow. Then, once the other stuff is done, we can have a final inspection.

Check out the latest pictures. Zeke's is looking sweet!

Posted by Tim at July 18, 2007 03:51 PM