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The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/rule/preventing-vacant-boxes/2300-2/
In order to prevent competitors from moving into their abandoned stores, big-box retailers often continue to pay rent on these properties in order to ensure that they remain vacant. Sometime they include clauses in their leases that require the property owner to obtain their approval before renting the space to a new tenant. Continue reading
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The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/rule/preventing-vacant-boxes/2299-2/
In 2005 the city of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, adopted a big-box ordinance that requires new retail stores over 50,000 square feet contribute 20 cents per square foot of building’s total size to the city’s Land Conservation Fund before the city will grant them a building permit. The fund can be used to redevelop the site if the building is vacated and proper removal or reuse of the building is not planned. Continue reading
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The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/rule/preventing-vacant-boxes/2298-2/
This ordinance, adopted by the city of Oakdale, California, allows the city to require that developers of retail stores larger than 40,000 square feet obtain and carry a performance bond that will cover the city’s cost of demolishing the structure and maintaining the empty site should the store be vacated and remain dark for more than one year. Continue reading
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The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/rule/store-size-caps/2297-2/
This Norwegian law enacted in 1999 placed a five year moratorium on the construction of retail centers larger than 3000 square meters (32,300 square feet).
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The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/rule/store-size-caps/2296-2/
An Irish planning law adopted in 1998, and renewed in 2001 and 2005, restricts retail stores in the Dublin area to 3,500 square meters (38,000 sq. ft.) and those in the rest of the country to 3,000 square meters (32,000 sq. ft.). Non-food retailers may build larger stores only in designated zones in nine cities. Continue reading
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The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/rule/store-size-caps/2295-2/
In September 2008, Whatcom County in Washington state adopted a store size cap measure limiting retail stores to no more than 65,000 square feet in urban growth areas and no more than 35,000 square feet in the rest of the county. Continue reading
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The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/rule/store-size-caps/2294-2/
In January 2004, the Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to ban retail outlets over 60,000 square feet and require those between 25,000 and 60,000 square feet to meet certain conditions. Continue reading
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The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/rule/store-size-caps/2293-2/
In 2003, the Talbot County Council enacted an ordinance barring stores over 65,000 square feet from locating in any area of the county outside of the boundarires of incorporated cities and towns. Lowe’s, a national home improvement chain, gathered signatures to force a ballot referendum on the size cap in November 2004. But voters upheld the cap in a 53 to 47 percent vote. Continue reading
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The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/rule/store-size-caps/2292-2/
In April 2006, the Ravalli County Commission unanimously adopted an temporary ordinance limiting stores to no more than 60,000 square feet. Although nearly 1,400 people turned out at the public hearing to support the measure, it was later placed on the ballot by a Wal-Mart-funded group and overturned by a very narrow margin. Continue reading
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The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/rule/store-size-caps/2291-2/
In May 2007, Kauai became the first Hawaiian island to prohibit big-box stores by instituting an island-wide store size cap of 75,000 square feet. Continue reading
