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1139.11 PLANNING AND ZONING CODE 98 (b) No building permits shall be issued by the Building Official until such development plan has been approved as provided herein. (c) Failure to secure a building permit for all or an independent component of the plan within one year after approval by the Commission shall void the plan as approved, unless an extension of time is approved by Council. (Ord. 90-125. Passed 5-21-91.) 1139.11 REGULATION OF SUPERSTORES. (a) "Superstore" means a wholesale or retail discount store carrying a multiple product line, which: (1) Has 100,000 or more square feet of gross floor area, either freestanding or as part of a shopping store development; or (2) Is standing alone on a lot of ten or more acres. (b) Superstores shall be constructed only upon lots meeting all of the following requirements with respect to dimensions and location: (1) Minimum lot size - ten acres; (2) Minimum frontage - 300 feet; (3) Frontage along at least one of the following main arterial streets: Lorain Road, Brookpark Road, Great Northern Boulevard; (4) Sixty percent (60%) of the lot area shall be located within one-half mile of an interstate highway interchange consisting of minimally both an eastbound and westbound entrance and exit ramp. (For the purpose of measuring the one-half mile distance, the one-half mile arc shall begin at the intersection of the centerline of the interstate highway and the centerline of the public street onto which the highways ramps are connected); and (5) The lot shall have access to the interstate highway interchange from a minimum four -lane road; (c) Any developer proposing to construct a superstore in the City shall provide, at its cost, a traffic control report prepared by a professional traffic engineer, detailing the expected impact of the development upon traffic in the City, and shall present such report to the City Engineer for his review and final approval as to the recommendations presented therein; and the developer shall pay for the cost of any additional signalization or other right-of-way improvements necessary, including the cost of land acquisition, to ameliorate the impact of the proposed development to the fullest extent practicable. (d) Any developer proposing to construct a superstore in the City shall further pay the cost of any additional infrastructure improvements or adjustments required by the City Engineer which, in the City Engineer's opinion, are necessary to protect the public health and safety as a result of the proposed construction of the superstore, including but not limited to the following: sanitary or storm sewer line connections and retention; street openings and widenings; street lighting; and pedestrian walkways, together with the costs of any land acquisition associated with any of the improvements. (Ord. 93-140. Passed 3-15-94.) December 2016 Replacement