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City of Newberry adopts standards for large-scale retail, lowers size threshold to 60,000 square feet

3747219 · June 10, 2025
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Summary

The City Commission voted unanimously to adopt ordinance 2025-05 amending land development regulations to create an overlay and development standards for large-scale retail ("big-box") sites, setting a 60,000-square-foot threshold and new buffering, height and parking parameters.

The City Commission of the City of Newberry on June 9 adopted changes to the land development regulations that establish development standards and an overlay district for large-scale retail establishments, lowering the size threshold that triggers the standards to 60,000 square feet.

City planning staff presented the ordinance, which amends the City of Newberry land development regulations and the overlay district to set standards for large-scale retail. The new rules set a maximum building height in the…

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