Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Abandonment period5 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.
- Expansion limit without SUP20,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
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.
From the ordinance
The rules in this Article XII for nonconforming and noncomplying uses shall not apply to retail shopping establishments larger than 20,000 gross square feet, which (1) are lawfully in existence on October 19, 2002, and for which no special use permit for the use has been approved prior to such date, or (2) for which a preliminary site plan, but no special use permit for the use, has been approved prior to October 19, 2002, and has not expired. Such uses shall be categorized as grandfathered uses, and shall be governed by the provisions of this Section 12-601.