Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Force majeure damage threshold75 pct
If any legally nonconforming building or structure is damaged by fire, earthquake, explosion, or other force majeure to an extent of more than seventy-five percent of the gross floor area of the structure(s), as determined by the building official, such building or structure shall only be rebuilt to conform to the present code requirements.
- Multi-familyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. density rebuild exception
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 21.76.010(C), any multi-family residential development that is nonconforming with regard to maximum allowed density and is damaged to any extent by fire, earthquake, explosion, or other act not attributed to a purposeful act of destruction may be rebuilt to include the same number of units that existed prior to the occurrence of such destructive act.
- Purposeful destruction threshold50 pct
If any legally nonconforming building or structure is damaged by a purposeful act of destruction to an extent of more than fifty percent of the gross floor area of the structure(s), as determined by the building official, such damaged portions of the building or structure shall only be rebuilt to conform to the present code requirements.
From the ordinance
If any legally nonconforming building or structure is damaged by fire, earthquake, explosion, or other force majeure to an extent of more than seventy-five percent of the gross floor area of the structure(s), as determined by the building official, such building or structure shall only be rebuilt to conform to the present code requirements. ... If any legally nonconforming building or structure is damaged by a purposeful act of destruction to an extent of more than fifty percent of the gross floor area of the structure(s), as determined by the building official, such damaged portions of the building or structure shall only be rebuilt to conform to the present code requirements.