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MEMORANDUM December 8, 2004 Page 2 Per Table EC 9.3115, multi-tenant medical office uses are permitted outright in the S-CN Chase Node Special Area Zone. So yes, the applicant can exclusively develop multi-tenant medical offices on this site. To answer the second part of the question, Kurt started the discussion by explaining the general intent of the S-CN Chase Node Special Area Zone. In summary, the S-CN Special Area Zone development standards were created to encourage mixed use development and discourage big box development. Commercial services are sized and located to serve as a neighborhood center, to be compatible with surrounding residential uses and not unduly draw from a large region outside the nodal development area. Consequently, the development standards limit the retail business size in the S-CN/Commercial zoning designation. (For exact code language, see the footnote below~.) · Maximum total retail area in a single building is 20,000 square feet unless for grocery sales. · Maximum retail area for a single building with a primary use of grocery sales is 50,000 square feet. · Note, non-retail and/or office uses may occupy more than 50,000 square feet in a single building. In other words, there is no building area limitation for non-retail and/or office uses. Therefore, the applicant's proposed clinic/medical health treatment facility use does not have a building area limitation. So the answer to the second part of the question is yes, the applicant can develop primarily medical offices with ground floor retail on the subject site per the relevant code standards (i.e. S-CN; General Commercial Zone, Large Commercial Facility and/or Large Multi-Tenant Commercial Facilities Development Standards; and General Standards for All Development, etc.). 2. Per the conceptual site plan it is my understanding that the proposal must comply with the relevant code criteria under the Chase Node Special Area Zone, Large Commercial Facilities Development Standards and General Standards. If there are inconsistencies within these standards then the stricter standards apply. ~ Per EC 9.3116(6) Business Size Limits in S-CN/C. Except as provided herein, no single retail store, single retail tenant, or number of retail tenants sharing a common space shall occupy more than 20,000 square feet of building area within the Same building. Notwithstanding this general rule, within the S-CN Special Area Zone, 1 store may occupy up to 50,000 square feet of building area in a single building if that store's primary use of building area is for grocery sales. The limitations of this subsection do not apply to offices or other non- retail uses, which may occupy more than 50,000 square feet of building area.