Controlling the Development of Big Box Commercial Structures, Peachtree City, GA (2000)
Topics: Traffic/Sprawl | Zoning Regulations
This ordinance says that big box stores “increase the demands on local infrastructure…increases the negative impact on the surrounding areas…increases the rate of crime in these areas…and poses an even greater threat to the economic vitality of area…if such retail stores remain vacant.” Sets 150,000 s.f. as the total maximum area for any retail space, and 32,000 as the limit for any single commercial tenant. No 3 commercial tenants shall occupy a combined floor area of more than 80,000 s.f. Also creates design standards “so that there are no large expanses of blank walls.” Prohibits “the tenant from voluntarily vacating such premises or otherwise ceasing to conduct its retail business while simultaneously preventing the landlord, by continuing to pay rent or otherwise, from leasing the premises to another person or company who will operate a permitted business on the premises.” If a tenant voluntarily leaves, the landlord is given the right to market and lease the premises to another tenant, except to a direct competitor. Also requires a developer to pay for a traffic management plan and a water management plan.
