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Store Size Cap - Portsmouth, RI

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After successfully fighting a proposal to build a 147,000-square-foot Target superstore in this small rural community, the grassroots group Preserve Portsmouth proposed a store size cap ordinance. In Februrary 2008, the Town Council enacted a measure barring stores over 45,000 square feet and imposing additional standards on those of 25,000 square feet or more.

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