07-28-2025 - Agenda Packet City Council - regular meeting

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0 M § 6.12.310 ORONO CODE 5. The relocation complies with structure shall have been damaged by all applicable setback require- fire, flood, explosion, earthquake, war, ments for the district in which riot, or act of God, it may be reconstructed it is located. and used as before if within 12 months 6. No relocation, in whole or part, after such calamity the property owner is made within 75 feet of the applies for a building permit to replace ordinary high-water level of the structure. If no permit is applied for any lake or tributary. within the time period then the whole structure shall be demolished, and any (4) Decrease in nonconforming use. A lawful construction thereafter shall be in full nonconforming use of a structure or parcel compliance and accordance with the provi- of land may be changed to decrease the sions of the zoning code. nonconformity of use. Once the (2) Remodeling and reconstruction. This nonconforming use of such structure or subsection is intended to apply to the parcel of land has been so changed, said voluntary and intentional removal of all use shall not thereafter be altered to so or portions of a lawful nonconforming as to increase the nonconformity from its structure. Whenever a lawful nonconform- decreased state. ing structure shall be destroyed by means (5) Discontinuation of nonconforming use. other than fire, flood, explosion, Whenever a lawful nonconforming use of earthquake, war, riot, or act of God, to a structure or land is discontinued and any extent then such structure may be remains discontinued for a period of 12 restored only if a building permit is months, any future use of said structure applied for within 180 days of the com- or land shall be in conformity with the mencement of the destruction. If no permit provisions of the zoning code. is applied for in the 180 days then the structure shall be built in full compliance (6) Normal maintenance. Normal and accordance with the provisions of maintenance of a building or other this chapter. structure containing or related to a lawful (3) Expansion of nonconforming structures. nonconforming use is permitted, includ- The term expansion of nonconforming ing incidental alterations which do not physically extend or intensify the structures" includes any increase in a nonconforming use. dimension, size, area, volume, or height; any placement of a structure or part (7) Alterations to lawful nonconforming units. thereof where none existed before; any Alterations may be made to a conforming addition of a site feature such as, but not building containing lawful nonconform- limited to, a deck, patio, fence, driveway, ing units, provided they will not increase parking area, or swimming pool; any the number of units or the nonconformity. improvement that would allow the land (8) Expansion of nonconforming uses. to be more intensely developed; and any Nonconforming uses may not be expanded exterior storage, signs, or lighting. No or enlarged. However, a lawful expansion of nonconforming structures nonconforming gun club may apply to the shall be permitted except as specifically city council to modify its hours of opera- listed and allowed herein: tion or to expand its operations within a. Expansion of nonconforming single - the existing defined parameters of the family residence structures. Lawful, property. nonconforming single-family residential structures may be (c) Nonconforming structures. expanded, provided: (1) Involuntary damage or destruction. 1. That the expansion does not Whenever a lawful nonconforming occupy any space within a CD6:36