Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Disaster extension2 years
additional two years for the building to be repaired, rebuilt or replaced
- Enlargement of nonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. structure
A nonconforming structure may be enlarged, extended, reconstructed or structurally altered as long as the degree of the nonconformity is not increased.
- Extension of nonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. use
A nonconforming use may be extended throughout any part of a structure which was arranged or designed for such use at the time of passage or amendment of this article.
- Maximum discontinuance period2 years
such use is not discontinued for more than two years
- Damage threshold for rebuild50 pct
If such building is damaged to the extent greater than 50 percent of its fair market value ... the owner shall have the right to do so within two years of the damage
- Rebuild time after damage2 years
within two years of the damage
From the ordinance
may be continued only so long as the then existing or a substantially similar or more limited use continues and such use is not discontinued for more than two years; ...