WalMart practices good relations with local zoning laws - NOT!
Interesting story from
Delmarva 47 News
WalMart wanted to build a new "super-store" in Dunkirk, MD but local zoning regulations capped building sizes at 75K Sq. Feet.
What are they doing?
Wal-Mart to skirt size limit by building side-by-side
Wal-Mart is trying a new tactic to skirt local ordinances limiting the size of its stores. The company now plans to build two stores side-by-side at a site in Calvert County where plans for a single big store were thwarted by a size limit adopted last year.
Wal-Mart officials are calling it one of the first arrangements of its kind in the country. The store and garden center in Dunkirk will have separate entrances, utilities, and restrooms.
And the combined size of the stores will be 30 percent larger than the 75-thousand square-foot limit for a single store.
And the response from the townspeople:
Dunkirk residents who object to the potential traffic are urging county planners not to allow Wal-Mart to skirt the rules.
No shit. This is just wrong. The company is operating without regard for the communities they serve. They have
Posted by DaveH at March 8, 2005 12:34 PM
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