Did you ever walk into a Super Wal-Mart and feel the pain in your sense of place inflicted by the McDonald’s inside? Evidently, several Ashevillians have been hurt by just that. To succor the ailing victims, the city’s planning department is proposing changes to the UDO that would allow single-tenant big boxes to have up to 100,000 sq. ft. This would prevent supermarkets from taking advantage of multi-tenant incentives merely because they tack on a Starbuck’s, for example. To be classified as multiple tenant big boxes, the major retailer would have to comprise no more than 75% of the floor space, and the little retailers would need to have doors that opened into the same commons (parking lot, etc.) as the main retailer. On the bright side, staff is recommending waiving the review process in some cases because features such as acceptable types of building materials, window requirements, pedestrian connectivity and larger planting areas are now mandated by new ordinances.