Arlington controls big-box store developments
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In a unanimous vote, the Arlington County Board decided Saturday to require big-box retail stores to go through special scrutiny before they can be built on any of the few remaining sites in the county large enough to accommodate them.
Prompted by reports that Wal-Mart was interested in putting a 50,000-square-foot store along Interstate 395 in Shirlington, the board altered its zoning ordinances to require any developments of that size or larger, or ones that require more than 200 parking spaces, to go through its special-exemption-use process.
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