Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Abandonment terminates use12 months
In case a nonconforming use shall be abandoned for 12 months, then such nonconforming use shall terminate and the use of the property shall revert to a conforming use of the zone in which it is located.
- Change of nonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. use requires SUP
A nonconforming use may be changed with a special use permit to another use in the same zone classification that applied to the nonconforming use immediately prior to the time such use first became a nonconforming use.
- Continuation of nonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. use
Any nonconforming use may be continued subject to restrictions.
- Damage threshold for termination60 percent
In the event that a structure containing a nonconforming use is damaged to the extent of more than 60 percent of its reasonable replacement value, then such nonconforming use shall terminate.
- 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 nonconforming use shall be extended, enlarged or added to unless such use is changed to conform to the use regulations prescribed for the zone in which it is situated.
- Removal of nonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. commercial/industrial uses in residential zones40 years
In all residential zones, every nonconforming commercial or industrial use shall be removed or converted and the building, structure or land thereafter used only for such uses as are permitted in the zone in which the building or structure is located, within 40 years of December 28, 1951, or within 40 years of the date on which such building becomes nonconforming.
From the ordinance
Any nonconforming use, lawfully existing at the time of the passage of a zoning ordinance, may be continued as such subject to the provisions of this section 12-200, it being the intent of the city to provide for the eventual elimination of all nonconforming uses. Restrictions include: no expansion, change requires SUP, abandonment for 12 months terminates, damage >60% terminates, etc.