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Sarasota News Leader February 15, 2013 Page 13 Walmart wants to build a 98,000-square-foot store with about one-third of the space devoted to a grocery and the remainder to general merchandise. The site is at the corner of Lime Avenue and Ringling Boulevard in the old Publix shopping center. The company paid the city $16,491 to review its plans. is basically a replacement of an existing shopping center with a new Walmart that is nearly equivalent in size.��� The company is not seeking any rezoning or special exceptions. It did need approval of the Planning Board for its site plan, which it received by 3-2 vote on Nov. 14. At that meeting, Senior Planner Courtnez Mendez said, ���This The formal appeal says, ���The City report advocating approval of the site plan references Walmart as a ���Large Store��� which is defined in the Code as a retail store of 25,000 square feet or more. However this use is not listed among The Alta Vista Neighborhood, which is adjacent to the site, appealed the Planning Board decision to the Sarasota City Commission. It cost the association $1,597. Walmart plans submitted to the City of Sarasota show elevations for various sections of the proposed store on Ringling Boulevard. Image courtesy City of Sarasota