Litigation
Mar. 19, 2014
Land use ordinance could broadly impact where 'formula retail' businesses can operate
If Malibu adopts a benchmark governing formula retail in the municipality, it could become a battleground for what some attorneys say are unsettled questions about the constitutionality of such laws.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
In Malibu, a city where multimillion-dollar beachfront homes rub shoulders with a mishmash of mom-and-pop eateries, galleries and quaint inns, officials are weighing whether to adopt the type of standard playing out in a small but growing number of municipalities across the state struggling to hold onto their unique charm - a ban or limit on so-called "formula retail," or chain stores with famili...
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