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Bennington, Vermont, a town of 9,200 people in the southwest corner of the state, enacted the following interim ordinance in April 2004. The temporary measure prohibited stores over 75,000 square feet (about one-third the size of a typical Wal-Mart Supercenter) in one commercial district and over 50,000 square feet in the rest of the city. The move was prompted by Wal-Mart's plan to build a 150,000-square-foot supercenter in Bennington, vacating its existing 50,000-square-foot outlet.
The interim measure, which was designed to remain in effect for up to two years pending further action by the town, was superseded in January 2005 by a new bylaw that made the store size limits permanent and established community impact standards for development proposals over 30,000 square feet.
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Interim Bylaw
Adopted by Bennington Select Board on April 12, 2004
In all Zoning Districts, no single retail store (including, but not limited to, a retail establishment use as defined in Bennington's Land Use and Development Regulations) whether located in a single building, combination of buildings, single tenant space and/or combination of tenant spaces shall exceed 50,000 (fifty thousand) gross square feet of floor area in the aggregate, except that in the Planned Commercial District the limit shall be 75,000 gross square feet in the aggregate.
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