Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the emergency clause and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §4366, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 347, §1, is amended to read:
Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §4372 is enacted to read:
This subchapter does not apply to a retail business establishment proposing to occupy an existing building in which the most recent occupant was a large-scale retail development as long as no increase greater than 20,000 square feet in gross floor area is proposed.’
summary
This amendment replaces the bill. It exempts a retail business establishment from the Informed Growth Act if that establishment is proposing to occupy an existing building in which the most recent occupant was a large-scale retail development as long as there is no proposed increase greater than 20,000 square feet in gross floor area. It also clarifies that the definition of "large-scale retail development" under the Informed Growth Act does not include renovation of an existing building.