§ 16.60.030.6. Nonconforming uses of sites and sites without site plans.

A use of land which is nonconforming because of noncompliance with the regulations for the district in which the property is located (including, but not limited to: obtaining required site plans, parking, landscaping, green yards, impervious surface area, and building setbacks) may be continued so long as the use remains otherwise lawful, subject to the following provisions:

1.

Except for redevelopment activity that satisfies the requirements of the following subsection 2 of this section, changes to existing site improvements which result in the reduction of a nonconformity, but do not achieve full compliance with Land Development Regulations, shall be allowed and shall not require any variances. Any site which reduces any nonconformity shall not be allowed to reestablish the reduced portion of the nonconformity and shall meet the following requirements:

a.

Green yards, each a minimum of three feet in width, shall be installed.

b.

Impervious surface ratios shall be reduced by a minimum of five percent.

c.

Parking shall be increased by a minimum of 25 percent of the deficient number of parking spaces, up to the amount required for the use.

2.

All redevelopment shall comply with the landscaping requirements of the landscaping section.

3.

New habitable structures or additions thereto shall comply with all requirements of this chapter.

(Code 1992, § 16.60.030.6)