Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Addition of accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. off-street parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. conditions
The addition of accessory off-street parking spaces to serve a nonconforming use, provided that the nonconforming use shall be located in a district other than an R district, unless the nonconforming use is a dwelling use
- Building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. exception for non-R-1 through R-8 districts
The maximum permitted building height in any district except R-1 through R-8 districts
- Discontinuance period for re-establishment2 years
Re-establishment of or change in a nonconforming use of a building or structure which has been discontinued for a period of two years or longer
- Division must comply with street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. requirements
All new lots shall comply with Section 30-610.1 of this chapter regarding public street frontage and access to lots
- Freestanding sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. and yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. exception
The height and yard provisions applicable to permitted freestanding signs, other than billboard signs
- 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. use10 pct
In no case shall the amount of floor area devoted to the nonconforming use be increased more than ten percent;
- Reduction in lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for nonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. dwelling use
In districts other than single-family residential districts, the area of a lot devoted to a nonconforming dwelling use may be reduced to not less than the lot area required for the dwelling use in the R-48 or R-63 district
From the ordinance
Exceptions to nonconforming use regulations: division of property, enlargement, re-establishment, reduction in lot area, addition of accessory off-street parking, building height, freestanding signs.