City Votes to Control Big Box Stores

"Under the new ordinance, big-box stores will remain an automatically acceptable or 'by-right' land use in properly zoned areas provided that they meet a series of new standards.

Requirements include making provisions for mass transit access; building a connected system of external sidewalks and internal walkways; and employing a more environmentally friendly system of stormwater management that allows at least 25 percent of all water to return directly to the soil."