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Council approves ordinance adding review for large retail in some neighborhood commercial zones
Summary
The Los Angeles City Council approved an ordinance requiring discretionary review of retail stores of 100,000 square feet or more in C1 and C1.5 zones, while leaving other commercial and industrial zones largely unchanged; supporters said it gives the city more tools, critics urged further economic study.
The Los Angeles City Council on a unanimous vote approved an ordinance that imposes discretionary review for retail stores 100,000 square feet or larger in C1 and C1.5 neighborhood commercial zones, a measure supporters said will allow community input and conditions to protect local storefronts.
The ordinance, which passed without recorded dissent, does not set a citywide square-foot cap for big-box stores in other commercial or industrial zones, a point several speakers and an organized labor representative said risked undercutting neighborhood businesses.
Marco Feinberg, representing United Food and Commercial Workers Local 770, told the council the version before members is narrower than an earlier motion that would…
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