Alexandria

Noncomplying structures shall be permitted to continue indefinitely and shall be considered legal structures, but subject to the following restrictions: (A) Expansion. No noncomplying structure may be physically enlarged or expanded unless such enlargement or expansion complies with the regulations for the zone in which it is located. (B) Reconstruction. If a noncomplying structure is destroyed, demolished or otherwise removed, it may be reconstructed provided that there is no increase in the floor area ratio, density, height or degree of noncompliance which existed prior to such destruction. (C) Repairs and maintenance. A noncomplying building may be remodeled, renovated, maintained, repaired and altered so long as such work complies with section 12-102.

Noncomplying structures shall be permitted to continue indefinitely and shall be considered legal structures, but subject to the following restrictions:

A building which faces the unit through 1400 block of King Street and which is a noncomplying structure because it exceeds the floor area ratio of the KR zone, may be converted from nonresidential to same residential use, notwithstanding any requirement of the KR zone applicable to residential uses, provided that a special use permit is approved to allow such conversion.

Any nonconforming use, lawfully existing at the time of the passage of a zoning ordinance, may be continued as such subject to the provisions of this section 12-200, it being the intent of the city to provide for the eventual elimination of all nonconforming uses. Restrictions include: no expansion, change requires SUP, abandonment for 12 months terminates, damage >60% terminates, etc.

Any nonconforming use, lawfully existing at the time of the passage of a zoning ordinance, may be continued as such subject to the provisions of this section 12-200

Any day labor agency in existence on October 7, 2003, in a zone in which such use is neither a permitted or special use permit use, or in a zone in which such use is a special use permit use but for which a special use permit has not been granted, shall be deemed a nonconforming use and shall be discontinued on or before a date 12 months from the date on which the use was first notified of its nonconforming status, unless it obtains a special use permit which authorizes its continuation.

Any electrical power generating plant in existence on the effective date of the ordinance establishing this section, in a zone in which such use is neither a permitted nor special use permit use, shall be deemed a nonconforming use and shall be discontinued on or before a date 40 years from the date on which the use was first notified of its nonconforming status, unless it obtains a special use permit which authorizes its continuation.

Noncomplying uses shall be permitted to continue indefinitely and shall be considered legal uses but subject to the following restrictions: (A) Expansion. A special use permit is required for the physical expansion, enlargement, or intensification of a noncomplying use. (B) Continuation or change in use. ...

Noncomplying uses shall be permitted to continue indefinitely and shall be considered legal uses but subject to the following restrictions:

Any lot in the R-20, R-12, R-8, R-5, or R-2-5 residence zones, which lot was of record on December 28, 1951, and continuously thereafter, but which lot has less area or less width at the front lot line or front building line than the minimum required for use in the zone where it is situated, may be developed only with a residential use in compliance with the zone where it is situated, subject to the following provisions: ...

Any use, building or structure which was grandfathered under the provisions of prior law shall not be subject to the provisions of this Article XII, but shall continue to be subject to such grandfathering provisions.

Any use, building or structure which was grandfathered under the provisions of prior law shall not be subject to the provisions of this Article XII

The rules in this Article XII for nonconforming uses and noncomplying uses and structures shall not apply to Community Unit Plan, Planned Unit Development, Cluster Special Use Permit and CO Planned Residential/Commercial Development

The rules in this Article XII for nonconforming and noncomplying uses shall not apply to retail shopping establishments larger than 20,000 gross square feet, which (1) are lawfully in existence on October 19, 2002, and for which no special use permit for the use has been approved prior to such date, or (2) for which a preliminary site plan, but no special use permit for the use, has been approved prior to October 19, 2002, and has not expired. Such uses shall be categorized as grandfathered uses, and shall be governed by the provisions of this Section 12-601.

retail shopping establishments larger than 20,000 gross square feet ... shall be categorized as grandfathered uses

In the case of land that became a part of the city through an exchange with Arlington County ... such land shall be allowed to be maintained, altered, repaired or reconstructed in use without the restrictions that normally accompany a nonconforming status

The burden of establishing that any use or structure is lawfully existing based on its nonconforming or noncomplying status under this Article XII shall, in all cases, be upon the owner of such use or structure and not upon the city.

A residential dwelling on a lot in the R-20, R-12, R-8, R-5, or R-2-5, which lot has less lot area, lot width, or lot frontage than the minimum required for use in the zone where it is situated (referred to hereafter in this section as a substandard lot), is subject to the following requirements.

All land within the corporate limits of the city is designated as a Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area (CBPA). The CBPA is divided into resource protection areas and resource management areas.

All land within the corporate limits of the city is designated as a Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area (CBPA). The CBPA is divided into resource protection areas and resource management areas.