HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1374 (2)Section 4.4 Non -Conforming Uses of Structures
This category of non -conformances consists of structures used at the effective date of this
Ordinance for purposes not permitted in the district in which they are located Such uses may be
continued, provided as follows:
A. When a nonconforming use of a structure has been changed to a conforming use, it shall
not thereafter be used for any nonconforming use
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B. Except as specifically authorized below, a nonconforming use of a structure shall not be
extended or enlarged except into portions of the structure which, at the time the use
became non -conforming were already erected and arranged or designed for such non-
conforming use. No structural alterations or additions shall be made in any structure
occupied by a nonconforming use, except those required by law or ordinance, and except
as follows:
(2) A nonconforming struefetre use may be extended throughout any portion
of a completed building that, when the use was made nonconforming by
this Ordinance, was manifestly designed or arranged to accommodate
such use.
(3) A noneenfertni+tg structure containing a nonconforming use, may be
enlarged within the boundaries of the lot it occupied at the time it became
nonconforming upon approval by the Iredell County $eats— of
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Adjustment upon the following:
(a) The enlargement will not cause substantial harm to the
adjoining property owners.
(b) The enlargement will not result in traffic increases beyond
the capacity of the roads serving said use.
(c) The enlargement will not result in emission of smoke,
fumes, noise, odor, or dust which will be detrimental to the
character of the district or to the health, safety, or general
welfare of the community.
(d) The enlargement will maintain all minimum setbacks and
buffer requirements of the use district in which said use
would be permitted
(4) The volume, intensity, or frequency of use of property where a
nonconforming situation exists may be increased and the equipment or
processes used at a location where a nonconforming situation exists may
be changed if these or similar changes amount only to changes in the
degree of activity rather than changes in kind and no violations of this
Ordinance occur.
(5) Any structure used for single-family residential purposes and maintained
as a nonconforming use may be replaced with a similar structure of the
same, lesser, or larger size, so long as the replacement does not create
new conformities or increase the extent of existing nonconformities with
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