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- Enlargement or alteration of buildings with nonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. features
A building which is devoted to a conforming use and is nonconforming with respect to the bulk regulations or other features required by this chapter may be enlarged, extended or structurally altered, provided that the degree or extent of any nonconforming feature is not increased. However, a building which is nonconforming due to encroachment into a required yard may be enlarged, extended, or structurally altered within or coextensive with the plane of the structure, so long as the required yard is not further encroached into and no new nonconformity is thereby created.
From the ordinance
A building which is devoted to a conforming use and is nonconforming with respect to the bulk regulations or other features required by this chapter may be enlarged, extended or structurally altered, provided that the degree or extent of any nonconforming feature is not increased. However, a building which is nonconforming due to encroachment into a required yard may be enlarged, extended, or structurally altered within or coextensive with the plane of the structure, so long as the required yard is not further encroached into and no new nonconformity is thereby created.