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Sarasota News Leader February 15, 2013 the permitted uses in the Neighborhood Commercial Shopping Center Zone. Nor can the proposed Walmart Store be classified as a ���Department Store��� defined in the code as a retail store greater than 15,000 square feet, as this use is prohibited in the zone. A variety retail store is permitted in the zone but by definition such a store is less than 15,000 square feet. The proposed Walmart Store also fails to qualify as a shopping center, which by definition includes at least five storefronts connected or freestanding.��� Page 14 is not permitted in the CSC-N zone and that City staff and [the] Planning Board have erred in not finding that the proposed use for this site plan was not a permitted use in the subject zone. As such this site plan should not have been forwarded to the Planning Board for consideration of approval, much less to the City Commission on an appeal.��� The ���department store issue��� came up at the Planning Board meeting in November. Walmart representatives arranged for the proThe neighborhood appeal closes by saying, ceedings to be recorded by a court reporter, ���The petitioner���s conclusion and major find- with a transcript produced. City Planner Mening is that the Walmart site plan is a use that dez explained how staff members reached The Walmart site plan shows parking in relation to the store. Image courtesy City of Sarasota