Permitting office experiences

We heard the horror stories of dealing with COH permitting, but we’re pretty lucky to get all the way to getting our CO before we had issues, but it’s like the second they realize we were ready to open they wanted to do everything in their power to stop us from opening.

First it was our hvac needed a second inspection, then it was we need three paving inspections even though we didn’t do any paving work.

Can someone please explain to me the process of getting CO? What all happens before we get that? I know once we have CO we’re good to open but they are making this so complicated and won’t give our GC a clear answer.