The owners of the city
’s newest and largest furniture business pleaded their case
Wednesday before City Administrator Jay Baksa, who will cast a
decision about whether the controversial business will retain its
business license and right to operate here or lose it for
violations of the city’s planning laws.
The owners of the city’s newest and largest furniture business pleaded their case Wednesday before City Administrator Jay Baksa, who will cast a decision about whether the controversial business will retain its business license and right to operate here or lose it for violations of the city’s planning laws.
Allegations of harassment from business competitors and threats of potential legal recourse have swirled around the debate over the 180,000-square-foot 5-Day Furniture store at 500 E. Luchessa Ave., which opened for business around the New Year.
Co-owner Hai Tran has complained that several Gilroy police officers reportedly showed up en masse at the store to issue citations.
Meanwhile, observers have said they witnessed a plane towing a 5-Day advertising banner circling the area where competitor Rosso’s Furniture sits on Monterey Road several times, as if singling out the location.
The city and the business laid out their cases in legal formality Wednesday in the City Council Chambers as over a dozen yellow-jacketed Five-Day Employees looked on.
Gregg Polubinsky, a city planner who acts as the city’s zoning code enforcement officer, told Baksa and Deputy City Attorney Jolie Houston Wednesday that the city has “reasonable cause” to believe the store is operating as a retail and not a warehouse use and recommended revocation of its business license.
