Alexandria, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 12-601

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.

  • 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 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
Sec. 12-601