Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- NonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. garage or accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building to single-family dwellingSingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
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.
- Extension of nonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. use - max floor area increase25 pct
Extension of an existing nonconforming use in a building so as to increase floor area by not more than twenty-five (25) percent, provided that no new non-conforming use may be established.
- Restoration of nonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. use - max damage threshold50 pct
Restoration, repair or replacement of a nonconforming use damaged by more than fifty (50) percent of the fair market value of the building as determined on the date immediately prior to its damage.
- Special exception lapse period12 months
After the Board has approved a special exception, the special exception so approved or granted shall lapse after a one year period or such longer period of time as may be approved for "good cause" by the Board, provided that no site plan or subdivision plat has been approved by the City and that no substantial construction or change of use has taken place in accordance with the plans for which such variance was granted.
- Temporary use permit - max duration24 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 subject to such conditions as will safeguard the public health, safety and welfare.
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.