Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building noncompliance
A garage or other building accessory to a single family dwelling which building does not comply with the regulations of the district in which it is located.
- Conditions for approvals
The Board may attach conditions to the granting of a variance or to the approval of a special exceptions. In establishing adequate and necessary conditions, the Board may consider the following elements: placement of signs, outdoor lighting, parking, landscaping, etc.
- Lapse period for special exception1 years
the special exception so approved or granted shall lapse after a one year period
- Maximum floor area increase for nonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. use25 pct
Extension of an existing nonconforming use in a building so as to increase floor area by not more than twenty-five (25) percent
- Maximum duration of temporary use24 months
Such use or structures shall be authorized by the issuance of a temporary and revocable permit for not more than a twenty-four month period
- Minimum damage percentage for restoration of nonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. use50 pct
Restoration, repair or replacement of a nonconforming use damaged by more than fifty (50) percent of the fair market value
- No power to rezone
No provision of this section shall be construed as granting any Board the power to rezone property.
- YardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. exception for nonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. lot
Construction of a single family dwelling with reduced yard spaces on a legal nonconforming lot.
From the ordinance
The following buildings and uses are permitted as special exceptions under the terms and conditions specified hereinabove: a. A garage or other building accessory to a single family dwelling which building does not comply with the regulations of the district in which it is located.