Madera

No treatment center, counseling center, psychiatric facility, or other clinic or business which primarily serves or treats sex offenders... shall be established in any zone unless and until a use permit is first secured... Under no circumstances shall a permit issue or, any such facility shall be permitted to locate or operate within 2,000 feet of any public or private school or park, or any facility where children gather.

No treatment center, counseling center, psychiatric facility, or other clinic or business which primarily serves or treats sex offenders ... shall be established in any zone unless and until a use permit is first secured ... Under no circumstances shall a permit issue or, any such facility shall be permitted to locate or operate within 2,000 feet of any public or private school or park, or any facility where children gather.

The lawful use of land only, existing on September 15, 1954, although such does not conform to the regulations specified in this chapter for the zone in which such land is located, may be continued provided no such use shall be enlarged or increased... If the nonconforming use of a building or structure ceases for a continuous period of six months, it shall be considered abandoned...

The nonconforming use of a portion of a building or structure may be extended throughout the building provided in each case a use permit shall be first approved by the Planning Commission.

The nonconforming use of a building or structure may be changed to a use of the same or more restricted nature provided in each case a use permit shall first be approved by the Planning Commission.

If the nonconforming use of a building or structure ceases for a continuous period of six months, it shall be considered abandoned and shall thereafter be used only in accordance with the regulations for the zone in which such building or structure is located and the nonconforming right shall be lost.

Ordinary maintenance and repairs may be made to any non-conforming building providing no structural alterations are made and providing such work does not exceed 15% of the appraised value of the building or structure in any one-year period.

Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the reconstruction, repair, or rebuilding and continued use of any nonconforming building or structure partially damaged by fire, collapse, explosion, or act of God, wherein the expense of such reconstruction, repair, or rebuilding does not exceed 75% of the appraised value of the building or structure

All BILLBOARDS defined in § 10-3.201 of this chapter are declared to be non-conforming uses in any zone and shall be prohibited, and such billboards shall be removed from the premises where located on or before January 15, 1975

Except in multiple dwelling developments or where otherwise provided for in this chapter, every dwelling shall face or front upon a street or permanent means of access to a street.

Except in multiple dwelling developments or where otherwise provided for in this chapter, every dwelling shall face or front upon a street or permanent means of access to a street.

Chimneys, cupolas, water tanks, ventilating fans, towers, steeples, smokestacks, and similar structures and mechanical appurtenances may be permitted in excess of height limits specified in the individual zones provided a use permit is first obtained in each case. In order to encourage shared use of telecommunication towers... the Community Development Director/City Engineer may approve an exception to the height restrictions specified in the individual zones by an amount not to exceed 20 feet.

Chimneys, cupolas, water tanks, ventilating fans, towers, steeples, smokestacks, and similar structures and mechanical appurtenances may be permitted in excess of height limits specified in the individual zones provided a use permit is first obtained in each case.

Any lot or parcel of land under one ownership and of record on September 15, 1954, where no adjoining land is owned by the same person may be used as a building site even when of less area or width than that required by the regulations for the zone in which it is located.

Any lot or parcel of land under one ownership and of record on September 15, 1954, where no adjoining land is owned by the same person may be used as a building site even when of less area or width than that required by the regulations for the zone in which it is located.

On through lots, either lot line separating such lot from a public thoroughfare may be designated by the owner as the front line. In such cases, the minimum rear yard shall be the average of the yards on lots next adjoining.

On through lots, either lot line separating such lot from a public thoroughfare may be designated by the owner as the front line. In such cases, the minimum rear yard shall be the average of the yards on lots next adjoining.

Fireplaces, bay windows, balconies, cornices, canopies, and eaves... may extend into a required front, side, or rear yards not to exceed two feet. Covered porches... may project into any required side yard not more than three feet and not exceeding six feet into any required front yard. ... a wood deck may occupy up to 30% of a required rear yard area, but may not extend any closer than three feet to the rear or side property lines. ... detached accessory buildings... larger than 1,000 square feet in size or higher than 12 feet shall be located at least ten feet from any dwelling...

Fireplaces, bay windows, balconies, cornices, canopies, and eaves, not providing additional floor space within the building, may extend into a required front, side, or rear yards not to exceed two feet.

Covered porches, landing spaces, or outside stairways, which do not extend above the level of the entrance floor of the building may project into any required side yard not more than three feet and not exceeding six feet into any required front yard.