Shopping District Guidelines

To help keep the Shopping District in tiptop shape, we have put together some guidelines. Please make sure you're adhering to these guidelines, and helping to remind your fellow community members of them too.

Enforcement:

• To help enforce the guidelines and conduct clean ups, the staff team has appointed a small crew of community members to a Shopping District Cleanup Crew (henceforth referred to as the SDCC).

• The SDCC enforces the guidelines and makes decisions regarding individual shops and the Shopping District as a whole. Decisions made by the SDCC or the staff team may supersede these guidelines.

• If you disagree with a decision made by the SDCC, bring it to the attention of the staff team. The staff team's decision will be final.

Claims:

• If you claim land, mark the boundaries and place a sign with your in-game name and the current date.

• Do not claim an excessive amount of land.

• Do not claim land without building for longer than 7 days.

• Do not claim land simply to sell it.

• If you are giving up a shop, you may sell it to another person within a reasonable amount of time. Inactive or poorly-stocked shops will still be subject to regular clean ups (see below) even if they are up for sale.

Building considerations:

• Buildings should reflect an attempt at quality.

• Buildings should sell items or services. Do not build personal bases or storage rooms.

• Space is limited in the Shopping District. Do not construct unnecessarily large buildings.

• Buildings should be lag-conscious. Do not overuse chests, shulker boxes, item frames, or other blocks/entities which can negatively affect frame rates or server performance.

Building boundaries:

• Keep buildings sufficiently spaced apart, with at least enough space for a horse to travel through.

• Floating builds should be kept small and are generally discouraged. Do not build above an existing build without permission.

• Builds should be visible from the surface. Mostly underground builds may be removed. Do not build underneath an existing build without permission.

• Do not extend the island beyond the boundaries of the mushroom biome.

• Avoiding building into the ocean, unless your build suits the theme (e.g. a ship or dock). If you do build into the ocean, make sure to prevent mob spawns.

Clean ups:

• At the beginning of each month, the SDCC will post an "Activity Checker" on each shop, usually in the form of a map in an item frame.

• Shop owners may indicate activity by returning the map and item frame to the Taxes building in the north-east corner of the Shopping District.

• Shops that miss multiple activity checkers, are infrequently or poorly stocked or otherwise infrequently used, or otherwise violate the guidelines above are subject to the removal process.

• In addition to the above, any shop may be subject to the removal process, at staff's or the SDCC's discretion.

• In general, the SDCC will speak to the owner of the shop first, either to request changes, or to warn before the shop is removed.

• If the owner cannot be reached or does not act after a warning is issued, the SDCC may remove the shop and collect its materials. The materials are stored in a chest in the same location, and are preserved for 2 weeks for the owner to collect them.

• If the owner does not claim their items, the materials will be made available to the public for 2 weeks, after which any unclaimed items may be subject to disposal.