ASMD ordinance recommended by Planning Board — File 194317

DRAFT 1-24-13 - 1 - CITY OF SOMERVILLE ORDINANCE NO. _________ IN THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN: ______ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SOMERVILLE ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION 6.4.8.D(2)(b) TO PERMIT A GROUND FLOOR SUPERMARKET THAT EXCEEDS THE GROUND LEVEL RETAIL SIZE CAP IN THE ASSEMBLY SQUARE MIXED-USE DISTRICT. Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen, in session assembled, that the Somerville Zoning Ordinance be amended as follows: 1. Article 6: Section 6.4.8.D(2)(b) is hereby amended as follows (additions are underlined and deletions are struck): b) Ground Level Retail Size Cap. In a Large Retail Project, not more than fifty thousand (50,000) square feet of Gross Floor Area of any single Retail Use shall be located on the Ground Floor of any Building included in the PUD-A except that a PUD-A may contain a single supermarket use, not to exceed 130,000 square feet, on the Ground Floor of a building that exceeds the Ground Level Retail Size Cap.