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The maximum gross floor area per retail structure is 35,000 square feet, with the following exceptions:

A. In the Olympic Village Activity Center and the Westside general business (B-2) district1 the maximum gross floor area per retail structure is 65,000 square feet.

B. In the B-2 district abutting North Harborview Drive (the area commonly known as Finholm Market) the maximum gross floor area per building is 6,000 square feet. Multiple buildings on the same site shall be separated by a nonpenetrated fire wall as defined in the International Fire Code except that a single six-foot opening in the fire wall separating structures is permissible; provided, that each structure has an outside customer entrance accessible to the street. Each structure shall be designed to stand independent of other structures on the site (i.e., the addition or removal of any one building on a site will not require structural attachments or modifications to any other building on the site).

C. In the B-2 district near the intersection of Harborview Drive and North Harborview Drive (the intersection commonly known as Borgen’s Corner), the maximum gross floor area per building is 6,000 square feet with a minimum separation of 20 feet between buildings. (Ord. 1307 § 40, 2014; Ord. 995 § 6, 2005; Ord. 959 § 1, 2004; Ord. 716 § 2, 1996).

1The Olympic Village Activity Center (as defined in Chapter 17.99 GHMC) and the Westside general business (B-2) district are depicted on Exhibit A of Ord. 959.