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Annotated Outline <br /> NONCONFORMITIES <br /> General Commentary: This chapter consolidates all the rules pertaining to �iClC 7: . Nonconfotm,ities' <br /> nonconformities from the various different sections in the current zoning <br /> ordinance. The new chapter will include: 7.1. General Ap"licability <br /> • Differentiation between the standards for nonconforming lots, A. Purpose and Scope <br /> structures,and uses; Be Au thority to Continue <br /> • Nonconforming sign standards; ' C. DeWrmination of <br /> • The creation of nonconforming landscaping standards for use Nonconformity Status <br /> changes; and D. ' M tnor Repaiis'and <br /> • Anew sliding scale of compliance requirements for nonconforming Maintenance ; <br /> site features like lands caping, parking, signage, etc. triggered by <br /> EW- Change of Tenancy or <br /> redevelopment <br /> OvOnership , <br /> GENERAL A PPLICABILITY <br /> 7m.2 Nonconforming Uses <br /> A. General <br /> B. Change of Use <br /> Purpose and Scope C. Expansion and En'lafgement <br /> F .46 <br /> This subsection will establish that the chapter addresses legally established D. Discontinuance or <br /> uses, structures, lots, and signs that do not comply with the requirements of Abandonment <br /> the new UDO. E. Accessory Uses <br /> F. Reconstruction After casualty <br /> Authority to Continue Da mage <br /> All lawfully established nonconformities will be allowed to continue in G.' Nonconforming Use'of Part of. <br /> accordance with the standards of this chapter. a St ucEure ' <br /> 7.3 Nonconforming S4VucEures <br /> Determination of Nonconformity Status AID Relationship with <br /> This new subsection will include a standard provision stating that the Nonconforming Uses <br /> landowner, not the town, has the burden of proving the existence of a lawful B. Continuati on <br /> nonconformity. C. Enlargement <br /> D. Re.location <br /> Minor Repairs and Maintenance E. Restoration after Casualty <br /> This subsection will state that routine maintenance of nonconforming Damage , <br /> structures is allowed to keep nonconforming uses and structures in the same �•3 Nonconforming Lots bf Record <br /> condition they were at the time the nonconformity was established. This rule A. Status of Structures on. <br /> will also be applied to structures housing nonconforming uses. Nonconforming'Lots' <br /> B. Developmeht.of Unimproved <br /> Change of Tenancy or Ownership pots in Residential Districts <br /> This section will state that change of tenancy or ownership will not, in and of C. Deve' lopment of Improved <br /> itself,affect nonconformity status. Lots in Residential Districts <br /> After Casualty <br /> NONCONFORMING USES D. Governmental Acquisition of <br /> Land in a Residential District <br /> This section will include provisions dealing with existing uses that no E. Change of Nonconforming Lot <br /> longer conform with the zoning district provisions where they are �4 Nonconforming Signs <br /> located. The standards will deal with conversion of a nonconforming <br /> use to a more restricted nonconforming use, as well as the inability A. Abandonment <br /> to expand an existing nonconforming use. The section will establish B• Routine Repairs and. <br /> the standards for when a nonconforming use is considered Maintenance <br /> discontinued or abandoned, and how reconstruction may or may C. Cha'ngebf.Copy <br /> F L . - <br /> not proceed following substantial damage to the use. D. O Permits on <br /> Premises <br /> Hillsborough,North Carolina <br /> Page 16 U nified Development Ordinance I Draft An notated Outline <br /> November,2009 <br />