Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Abandonment period6 months
Whenever a nonconforming use has been abandoned, discontinued, or changed to a conforming use for a continuous period of six months, the nonconforming use shall not be reestablished.
- Change of use requires planning commission approval
the nonconforming use of a structure or site may be changed to another nonconforming use provided that the change of use is approved by the planning commission
- Elimination schedule
Certain nonconforming uses and structures shall be discontinued within 3 years. Others: Type I and II 40 years, Type III and IV 30 years, Type V 25 years.
- Enlargement prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
No nonconforming structure shall be moved, altered, enlarged or reconstructed so as to increase the discrepancy between existing conditions and the standards prescribed.
- Restoration requires conditional useConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. permit
the structure may be restored and the nonconforming use may be resumed subject to approval of a conditional use permit
- Restoration must start within6 months
provided that restoration is started within six months and diligently pursued to completion.
- Undersized lot use allowed
A site having an area, frontage, width, or depth less than the minimum prescribed for the district... may be used for any permitted use listed for the district.
- YardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. conformance exemption threshold60 pct
Existing structures which are nonconforming solely because of the lack of required yards but which are within sixty percent of conformance shall be exempted from Section 17.52.030.
From the ordinance
Nonconforming uses and structures are regulated. Abandonment for 6 months prohibits reestablishment. Restoration requires conditional use permit. Certain nonconforming uses must be eliminated within 3 years, others within 25-40 years.