If the city can somehow force the store to remain open, or give a six month notice of closure, they can dang sure prevent the rampant theft that is the reason for the closure.
See, that’s the problem. You used the word theft.
In the utopian thought, there is freedom to do what ever you want and thus no theft. One has the freedom to take from those who have,
Yes, they can remain open with a very very limited amount of stock on the shelves ( think East Germany during the Wall), very very limited hours, and classical music 24/7 at high volume