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Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Change criteria: use first permitted in same or more restricted districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.
The use is first permitted in the same district or a more restricted district than the district in which the nonconforming use is first permitted.
- Change criteria: no greater employees, noise, smoke, or odor
The use does not have a greater number of employees or a greater amount of noise, smoke or odor than the nonconforming use.
- Change criteria: no greater vehicular trip generation
The use does not have a greater amount of vehicular trip generation than the nonconforming use, as determined by ITE Common Trip Generation Rates.
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. per dwelling unitDwelling unitOne independent home: its own kitchen, bathroom and entrance. for change to multifamilyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. in R-1 to R-8750 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A change to a multifamily dwelling shall be permitted in a R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, R-5A, R-6, R-7, and R-8 district, provided that there shall be a lot area of not less than 750 square feet for each dwelling unit.
From the ordinance
A nonconforming use may be changed to a conforming use or to a use meeting criteria... change to multifamily in R-1 to R-8 requires 750 sq ft per unit.