but here's the February discussion draft from the council committee discussing STRs:https://go.boarddocs.com/nc/raleigh/Board.nsf/files/BLRUQW7D39A6/$file/20200218ShortTermRentalORD.pdf

Has plenty of experience as a developer dealing with Zoning boards and neighborhood committees and is very active on these forums.If you have the zoning and square footage requirements (I’ll post the link on here once’s I’m in the office) then you can do it by right- you’ll just need to sift through some bureaucracy.

When engaging with a lender of choice never commit to a loan deposit if the loan still needs to be approved by loan committee.

Also establish contact with the local economic development committee.

If you submit building plans to L&I that include off-street parking, it will kick off a "refusal" and you'll be required to pursue a zoning variance and approval from the local RCO (neighborhood zoning committee) and ultimately the ZBA. 

At very least, this should include your accountant, your attorney, your insurance professional, and perhaps an experienced RE investor colleague you know and trust.Meanwhile, you're going to have to chair this committee, so you'll need to continue to get smart on investment options and opportunities.

Sometimes banks sub out this kind of stuff to a realty company but ultimately there's probably some kind of committee or board at the bank that makes decisions on these sales.

Did you form a committee or an LLC?

If it goes further you can have an LOI from Starbucks and then committee will usually come out to tour the site in person.If all that goes well and engineering looks good for water usage requirements and being able to get a drive thru in then might move to the lease stage.

Underwriters don't want to lose their jobs or be put before an inquiry committee so they are being more conservative these days.