Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Abatement after 7 years notice
The nonconforming use shall be discontinued on or before the expiration of a period of seven years from the date of such notice, unless ... a special use permit ... has been approved
- Change requires special use permitConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote.
a nonconforming use may be changed with a special use permit to another use in the same zone classification
Use
- Abandonment for 12 months terminates
In case a nonconforming use shall be abandoned for 12 months, then such nonconforming use shall terminate
- NonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. commercial uses in residential zones must be removed within 40 years
In all residential zones, every nonconforming commercial or industrial use shall be removed or converted ... within 40 years of December 28, 1951, or within 40 years of the date on which such building becomes nonconforming.
- Damage >60% terminates
In the event that a structure containing a nonconforming use is damaged to the extent of more than 60 percent of its reasonable replacement value, then such nonconforming use shall terminate
- Day labor agencies
Any day labor agency ... 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
- NonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. use of land discontinued within 2 years
The nonconforming use of land, not involving a main building, shall be discontinued within two years of the date on which such use became nonconforming.
- No extension
No nonconforming use shall be extended, enlarged or added to unless such use is changed to conform to the use regulations prescribed for the zone in which it is situated.
- NonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. uses may continue
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
- Electrical power plants
any electrical power generating plant ... shall be deemed a nonconforming use, and shall be subject to abatement as provided in section 12-214(A)
From the ordinance
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