Title 18 ZONING
Chapter 18.11 NONCONFORMING USES
18.11.040 Changes permitted to nonconforming uses.
A. Routine maintenance and repair or those modifications
required by applicable health and safety codes shall be permitted.
B. A nonconforming building, structure, or use may be
enlarged, extended, reconstructed, or structurally altered if said building,
structure, or use is changed to completely conform with this title.
C. A building or structure conforming with respect to use but
nonconforming with respect to height, setback, or lot coverage may be altered or
extended if the alteration or extension does not further deviate from this
title.
D. A nonconforming use may be expanded, subject to a
conditional use permit, within the confines of the lot or parcel of land upon
which it is located at the time of the adoption or amendment of this title,
provided that the land area and/or use of building or structure being used for
said nonconforming use at the time of the adoption or amendment of this title is
not increased by more than fifty percent. A non-conforming use may be expanded,
subject to a administrative conditional use permit, provided the expansion is
less than fifteen percent. An administrative CUP may only be granted for the
expansion of the same nonconforming use once every five years.
E. If no structural alterations are made to a non- conforming
building or other structure, the nonconforming use may, upon approval and
issuance of a conditional use permit, be changed to another nonconforming use of
the same or more restricted use classification, provided that said new
nonconforming use is no more deleterious to the neighborhood, considering all
factors, than was the previous nonconforming use. (Ord. 615 § 2(part),
1999; Ord. 523 § 1(part), 1989)