Portola Valley, California · General provision
18.46.060, 18.46.070, 18.46.080
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- No expansion of nonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. use
No existing structure occupied by a use not permitted by this title in the district in which such structure is located shall be enlarged, extended, reconstructed, substituted or structurally altered except when required to do so by law or order, unless the use thereof is changed to a use permitted in the district.
- Substitution of nonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. use requires conditional useConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. permit
When authorized by the planning commission as a conditional use, the substitution of one nonconforming use for another nonconforming use of a similar or less intensive character may be made.
From the ordinance
Any use existing on August 17, 1967, which is listed as a conditional use in the district wherein located, shall be and remain a nonconforming use until a conditional use permit is obtained... No existing structure occupied by a use not permitted by this title in the district in which such structure is located shall be enlarged, extended, reconstructed, substituted or structurally altered except when required to do so by law or order, unless the use thereof is changed to a use permitted in the district...