§ 156-32. Designed shopping centers.

Designed shopping centers shall be permitted, provided that:

A. 

Said shopping center plan, including its accessory on-site parking and loading facilities, access- and entranceways, landscaping and other elements of the plan, shall be as one comprehensive design showing the total concept, especially total floor area of buildings, rather than a stage or stages with undefined future expansion areas.

B. 

For a neighborhood-type shopping center which generally requires a market area of at least a population of 5,000 and draws its clientele from a radius of 1.5 miles, the site shall be a minimum of five acres in size. For a community-type shopping center which generally requires a market of at least a population of 40,000 and draws a clientele from a three-and-five-tenths-mile radius, the site shall be a minimum of 25 acres in size. For a regional-type shopping center which generally requires a market of at least 150,000 persons and draws its clientele from a twenty-minute-driving-time radius and up to a fifteen-mile radius, the site shall be at least 50 acres in size.

C. 

On-site parking and loading facilities shall be in accordance with the Schedules of Off-Street Parking and Loading that are contained in Article IV, § 156-42, of this chapter.

D. 

Signs shall be in accordance with the regulations on signs contained in Article IV, § 156-41, of this chapter.

E. 

Any site plan for a shopping center submitted for review shall contain detailed design proposals of the applicant's method of connecting the shopping center with existing highways or streets. The Planning Board may request, at the expense of the applicant, a study by a qualified traffic specialist to demonstrate that traffic generated by the shopping center will not affect the existing street system with a negative impact.

F. 

A marketability study, prepared by an impartial professional selected by the Town at the applicant's expense, shall be required by the Planning Board to indicate the particular need for such use and to confirm a market for a shopping center of this size and floor area.