Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Use
- Abandonment after 5 years
In the event that, after October 19, 2002, the use ceases actual retail operation for a period of five consecutive years or more, the grandfathered status of the use shall terminate
- Change to different retail use permitted
The use may be continued by successive owners, and may be changed to a different retail use, without approval of a special use permit.
- Expansion up to 20,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. permitted without SUP
Physical expansion or enlargement of the use in the amount of 20,000 gross square feet or less is permitted without special use permit approval.
- Retail shopping establishments >20,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. are grandfathered
retail shopping establishments larger than 20,000 gross square feet ... shall be categorized as grandfathered uses
- Intensification permitted
Intensification of the use not involving physical expansion or enlargement is permitted without special use permit approval.
- Repair and reconstruction
The building in which the use is located may be repaired, remodeled, upgraded and maintained, except as provided in paragraph (3).
From the ordinance
retail shopping establishments larger than 20,000 gross square feet ... shall be categorized as grandfathered uses