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nances, and that “all uses are equal or lesser in intensity to the existing use.”
Questions and comments during the public hearing clarified that the drug store retail use is not restricted to non-chain stores and that full access for the disabled is not required.
On the accessibility issue, McCarthy noted that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires only that, “if a building permit is pulled, you have to spend up to 20 percent to improve accessibility."
Council comments were few. Claudia Mitchell asked whether the building was to be split into several shops, and Luke responded that there would be two retail uses on the ground floor. Mitchell said that she was “happy to have someone who is a good neighbor buy the building—anything you could put in there would be an asset.”
Meanwhile, Brandon Fowler, who
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