This island community enacted an ordinance banning formula restaurants in 1996. Continue reading
San Juan Bautista bars all formula retail stores and restaurants, and all stores over 5,000 square feet. Continue reading
Port Townsend limits formula retail stores and restaurants to a single commercial zone along the main road leading into the town and bars them from all other areas of town, including the downtown. Within that zone, formula businesses are not allowed to exceed 3,000 square feet nor occupy more than 50 linear feet of street frontage. Formula restaurants are subject to additional scrutiny. Continue reading
Port Jefferson prohibits formula fast food restaurants from locating in the village’s historic commercial and waterfront districts. Continue reading
The city’s code prohibits formula fast-food restaurants. Continue reading
In November 2005, voters by a margin of 71 to 29 percent approved a measure that bans formula restaurants.
A measure barring formula businesses from downtown Nantucket was adopted by a town meeting vote in April 2006. Continue reading
Fredericksburg, Texas, requires that standardized (formula) businesses apply for a conditional use permit to enter the city’s historic downtown district. Continue reading
In 2007, the city of Fairfield adopted a measure that stipulates that formula businesses may not locate in neighborhood business districts unless they undergo review and obtain a special permit. Continue reading
This city of 24,000 in southern California allows no more than 10 formula restaurants and requires formula retail stores to pass a review and obtain a special permit to open. Continue reading
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