Author Archives: Diane Cox

About Diane Cox

Managing Partner of ACP, founder of the company in 1992.

Permits Needed To Start A Restaurant Business

When you open a restaurant business, there are many permits and licenses you will be required to have. You may wonder, especially if you have just newly opened a restaurant business, what kind of issues you are likely to face … Continue reading →

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Special Inspections Report Updated

As of January of this year, the special inspections report has been updated.  You can download it from a link under ‘Professional Resources’ on our home page.

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Reasonable Expectations for City of Atlanta Permits

Many people in Atlanta are wishing permit turnaround times were still the same as they were some years back, when an interior finish under 3000 s/f could be completed in one day. Unfortunately, computerization has done away with that forever. … Continue reading →

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Retail and Restaurant Roll Outs

ACP has been involved in a number of retail and restaurant rollouts. We enjoy the challenge of these projects and helping our clients stay on schedule and open on time. Early on, we worked with McDonald’s Corporation on over 27 … Continue reading →

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Atlanta Fees Unpredictable

Last fall, the city of Atlanta began enforcing an ordinance passed at the end of 2007 which gave reviewers the option to re-evaluate the cost of a job if they felt it was understated in the notarized cost letter that … Continue reading →

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Gwinnett County Water and Sewer Fees Rise Again

Gwinnett has changed their procedure so that you can now pay for the fire marshal’s review at the end of the process, with all other fees due.  The c.o. for fire has gone up by $25 to a total of … Continue reading →

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Gwinnett Fire Fees Have Gone Up

February 2010 Gwinnett County had planned to implement the Accela system that Atlanta has been using. This was to have taken place in November 2009. However, as of now, they have postponed implementation of online plan review until further testing … Continue reading →

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