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Large Box Retail A singular retail or wholesale user who
<br /> occupies no less than 75,000 square feet of gross floor area,
<br /> typically requires high parking to building area ratios and has a
<br /> regional sales market. Regional retail/wholesale uses can include,
<br /> but are not limited to, membership warehouse clubs that
<br /> emphasize bulk sales, discount stores, and department stores.
<br /> (Redmo~vd, WA)
<br /> Live/Work Units See Joint Living and Work Quarters,
<br /> Loft Buildings Multi-
<br /> storied industrial buildings,
<br /> often with higher ceilings and
<br /> wider columns than a
<br /> comparable office building·
<br /> They are popular structures
<br /> for rehabilitation to residential
<br /> activirlcs. Some have been
<br /> adapted for art galleries,
<br /> selling books, computer data
<br /> centers, mail order centers,
<br /> and general office space·
<br /> (APA's Land-Based
<br /> Classification Standards)
<br /> Mansionizadon See
<br /> Teardown.
<br /> Massage Establishment
<br /> An), building, room, place, or
<br /> establishment other than a
<br /> regularly licensed and
<br /> established hospital or
<br /> dispensary where nonmedical
<br /> or nonsurgical manipulative
<br /> exercises or devices are
<br /> practiced upon thc human
<br /> body manually or otherwise
<br /> b)' any person other than a Lofts
<br /> licensed physician, surgeon,
<br /> dentist, occupational and physical therapist, chiropractor, or
<br /> osteopath with or without the usc of therapeutic, 'electrical,
<br /> mechanical, or bathing devices. Shall also include any bathing
<br /> establishment. (Gurnee,
<br /> Mixed Use A land use where more than one classification of
<br /> land use (residential, commercial, recreational) permitted within
<br />a zoning district is combined on a lot or within a structure.
<br />(£edmond, I!7,4)
<br /> Properties on which various uses, such as office, commercial,
<br />institutional, and residential, are combined in a single building
<br />or on a single site in an integrated development project with
<br />significant functional interrelationships and a coherent physical
<br />design. A "single site" ma), include contiguous properties.
<br />(Za~3s?.r,
<br /> A single building containing more than one type of land use
<br />or a single development of more than one building and:'hse,
<br />where the different types of land uses are in close proximiD',
<br />planned as a unified complementary whole, and functionally
<br />integrated to thc usc of shared vehicular and pedestrian access
<br />and parking areas. (Jefferson County, CO)
<br /> Neighborhood Convenience Store Establishmcnts primarily
<br />engaged in thc provision of fi'equendy or recurrently needed
<br />goods for household consumption, such as prepackaged food
<br />and beverages, and limited household supplies and hardware.
<br />Convenience stores shall not include fuel pumps or thc selling
<br />of fuel for motor vehicles. Typical uses include neighborhood
<br />markets and country stores. (Blacksburg, VA)
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<br /> Restaurant, Commercial/Recreation Any establishment which
<br /> provides as a principal use the combination of family-oriented
<br /> recreation and on-premises dining where neither the recreation nor
<br /> the on-premises dining is clearly accessory or incidental to the
<br /> operation of the other. For the purposes of this definition,
<br /> recreation ma7 include but is not limited to: television and motion
<br /> pictures; sound and sight systems; mechanical and/or electronic
<br /> operated games; animated mechanical devices and/or rides; a.nd live
<br /> entertainment. (fiai~fax County, VA)
<br /> Restaurant, Entertainment An establishment where food
<br /> and drink are prepared, served, and consumed, within a
<br /> structure that includes, as an integral component of the facility,
<br /> electronic or mechanical games of skill, simulation, and virtual
<br /> reality, play areas, video arcades or similar uses, billiards, and
<br /> other forms of amusement. [Ma~),/andIfeights, MO)
<br /> Secondhand Merchandise, Retail Sales Means retail sales of
<br /> previously used merchandise, such as clothing, household
<br /> fi~rnishings or appliances, and sports/recreational equipment.
<br /> This classification docs not include secondhand motor vehicles,
<br /> parts, or accessories. (/]ermosa Beac/~, CA)
<br /> Scrvlce Station/Minimart See Auto Convenience Market.
<br /> Shopping Center A group of five or more retail/commercial
<br /> uses. located in a zoning district where retailing is permitted as a
<br /> principal use and having an), or all of the following
<br /> characteristics:
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<br /> The uses are connected by party walls, partitions, canopies,
<br /> and, similar features, or
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<br />~ Some or all of the uses are located in separate buildings
<br /> which are designed as a single commercial group sharing
<br /> common parking areas and vehicular travelways and are
<br /> connected by walkways and accessways designed ro
<br /> encourage customer interchange between uses, and otherwise
<br /> present the appearance of a continuous commercial area
<br /> without regard to ownership, or
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<br />m, The uses are under the same management or association for
<br /> the purpose of enforcing reciprocal agreements controlling
<br /> management, parking, site coverage, advertising, and similar
<br /> agreements.
<br /> Shopping centers shall be grouped according to size as
<br />Follows:
<br /> Shopping center - A (less than 50,000 gross square
<br /> feet)
<br /> Shopping center - B (from 50,000 gross sqOare feet
<br /> up to 150,000 square feet) ,
<br /> Shopping center - C (from 150,000 gross square
<br /> feet up t6 and including 400,000 gross square feet)
<br /> Shopping center - D (over 400,000 gross square
<br /> feet) (Prince William Cot~.O; VA)
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<br /> .-\ group of retail and other commercial establishments that is
<br />planned, owned, and managed as a single property. On-site
<br />parking is provided. Thc center's size and orientation are
<br />generally determined by thc market characteristics of thc trade
<br />area served by the center. The two main configurations of
<br />shopping centers arc malls and open-air strip centers.
<br />(/.ternational Council of Shopping Centers, www. JCSC. org)
<br /> Shopping Center, Business Center, and Office/Industrial/
<br />Technical Parks or Centers A group of two or more
<br />professional, office, commercial, industrial, or combination
<br />thereof establishments that are planned, developed, owned, or
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