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Chapter 18.120
<br />NONCONFORMING USES
<br />Sections:
<br />18.120.010 Purpose.
<br />18.120.020 Continuation and maintenance.
<br />18.120.030 Alteration and addition.
<br />18.120.040 Abandonment of nonconforming use.
<br />18.120.050 Restoration of damaged structure or sign.
<br />18.120.060 Elimination of nonconforming use, structure or sign.
<br />18.120.070 Time when use, structure or sign becomes nonconforming.
<br />18.120.080 Notice of removal date.
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<br />18.120.010
<br />18.120.010 Purpose.
<br />This chapter is intended to limit the number and extent of nonconforming uses by prohibiting their enlargement,
<br />their reestablishment after abandonment, and the alteration or restoration after destruction of the structures they occupy.
<br />While permitting the use and maintenance of nonconforming structures and signs, this chapter is intended to limit the
<br />number and extent of nonconforming structures and certain nonconforming signs by prohibiting their being moved,
<br />altered or enlarged in a manner that would increase the discrepancy between existing conditions and the standards pre-
<br />scribed in this chapter and by prohibiting their restoration after destruction. Eventually, certain classes of nonconform-
<br />ing uses, nonconforming structures of nominal value, and certain nonconforming signs are to be eliminated or altered to
<br />conform. (Prior code § 2- 10.32)
<br />18.120.020 Continuation and maintenance.
<br />A. A use, lawfully occupying a structure or a site on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, or of
<br />amendments thereto, that does not conform with the use regulations or the site area per dwelling unit regulations
<br />for the district in which the use is located shall be deemed to be a nonconforming use and may be continued, ex-
<br />cept as otherwise provided in this chapter.
<br />B. A structure, lawfully occupying a site on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, or of
<br />amendments thereto, that does not confonn with the standards for front yard, side yards, rear yard, height, or ba-
<br />sic floor area of structures, distances between structures, courts, or usable open space for the district in which the
<br />structure is located shall be deemed to be a nonconforming structure and may be used and maintained, except as
<br />otherwise provided in this chapter.
<br />C. A sign, outdoor advertising structure, or display of any character, lawfully occupying a site on the effective date
<br />of the ordinance codified in this chapter, or of amendments thereto, that does not conform with the standards for
<br />subject matter, location, size, lighting, or movement prescribed for signs, outdoor advertising structures, and dis-
<br />plays for the district in which it is located shall be deemed to be a nonconforming sign and may be displayed and
<br />maintained, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
<br />D. Routine maintenance and repairs may be performed on a structure or site the use of which is nonconforming, on a
<br />nonconforming structure, and on a noncontorming sign. (Prior code § 2- 10.33)
<br />18.120.030 Alteration and addition.
<br />A. No structures, the use of which is nonconforming, and no nonconforming sign, shall be moved, altered or
<br />enlarged unless required by law, or unless the moving, alteration or enlargement will result in the elimination of
<br />the nonconformity, except that a structure housing a nonconforming residential use in an A, R, 0 or C district
<br />may be altered or enlarged, provided that the number of dwelling units is not increased.
<br />R. No structure partially occupied by a nonconforming use shall be moved, altered or enlarged in such a way as to
<br />permit the enlargement of the space occupied by the nonconforming use, except as permitted in this section.
<br />(Pleasanlon Stipp. No. 3, 1 -10)
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