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. C� <br /> • y r��� <br /> �r C <br /> Remodel VS Rebuild -Nonconformiug Structures Amendment History & Chronolog <br /> December 12,2001 General ineino to C/PC for 12/20 work session,discussing the issue of lack of <br /> a code tlueshold for when a reniodel becoizies a reUuild. <br /> Dece�iiber 20, 2001 Joint work session- Consensus was to adopt a formal policy that a remodel <br /> should be coiisidered as a total rebuild wheii tlze volaanae of�zewly constf•accterl <br /> or ��eco�ast��accted spaces e�:cee�ls SS% (�aot 75%) of tlae fi�aal total bacilding <br /> . volzc�ne; i.e. if just over half of the final product will be new,then it's a total <br /> reUuild,atid the entire set of staiidards(lot area,width,setbacks,lot coverage, <br /> hardcover)inust be met. Also,a"newly coilstnicted space"will be one in wluch <br /> 75%(not 50%)of the surface a�ea of walls/ceiluzg/floor are new consiructioii;i.e. <br /> the conseiisus was tliat a rooin inust have 3/4 of its surfaces iiew to be considered <br /> as `newly constt-�icted'. <br /> March 22,2002 Staff inenlo-"When Does a Reinodel Become a Rebuild?"-staff offered the <br /> followiizg concepts for discussion, and aftached a draft code amendment to <br /> create a new section eiititled "Resideiitial Reinodel'uig Total Replacement <br /> Staiidards"iilcorporatiiig tliese concepts. <br /> 1. A"total reUuild sihiation"requires that all zonin�standa�ds for building � <br /> - location must be met, by the iiew coilstruction a�ld by any existulg <br /> portions of buildiizg that are to remain. . <br /> 2. Renloval of entire existiiig superstntcture a�id fotmdation is(obviously) <br /> considered as a"total rebuild situation". <br /> 3. `Superstnicture removal / rebuildiiig on the existuig fouiidation' is <br /> considered as a"total rebuild sifixation". <br /> 4. A remodel uivolviiig additions orreconsintction of existing spaces will <br /> be considered as a"total reUuild situatioil"when the volume of iiewly <br /> coilstnicted or reconstnicted spaces will exceed 75% of the total <br /> voluine of the completed buildiiig. A"newly constnicted space"is a <br /> space in which more than 50% of the surface area of walls, floor and <br /> ceiling are new constructioil. Attic aaitiasement spaces inust also be <br /> . included in tlus calculation. The portions of existing stntcture that <br /> encroach a required setback niust be removed. <br /> May, 2002 Planning Commission reviewed the draft ordinance and suggested that a <br /> `remodel' should be considered as a`total rebuild'wheil the volicnae of�Zewly <br /> co�istrar.cted or �-ecoizstru.eterl spaces exceeds 50% (not 55% or 75% as in <br /> prior versioils) of the completed buildiizg. <br />