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ND-Plan-v4 SLLc4:Bicycle facilities

retail definition?

I am curious what uses "retail" would include. Have searched for a definition but can't find one. I think it covers what I think of as primarily ground-floor commercial and is distinct from office. But I am not sure where LEED draws the line as you move into food services and personal and professional services. I have put a list below of the types of uses we are encountering near our project site where I am not sure - ordered roughly from definitely retail to maybe not retail. It impacts whether we have to determine peak visitor demand ourselves or use the required "retail" buildings floor area rate. Retail includes? grocery store / supermarket any store selling goods (shoes, art, computers, clothing, etc.) pharmacy bakery (e.g. small scale artisanal producing and selling on site) cafe/coffee shop restaurant bank insurance seller / travel agency hairdresser/barber/tatoo parlour internet cafe walk-in medical clinic / testing lab

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Wed, 01/06/2016 - 21:16

Ian, you're correct that 'retail' isn't formally defined for this credit, in which case I turn to the standard dictionary definition of 'sale of goods.' This excludes the sale of services, which belongs under the credit's Non-Residential category. It looks like your list of retail stops at restaurant. Eliot

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