[Amended 9-8-2020 by Ord. No. 20-17]
As part of any change in a nonconforming use, and as part of
any alteration, addition or expansion of a nonconforming building
or structure, a property owner shall be required to bring the following
site conditions into conformity with the requirements of this chapter:
off-street parking, landscaping, perimeter buffer, screening, stormwater
management, public frontage elements, private frontage elements, and
signage.
A. Off-street parking, landscaping, perimeter buffers, signage and screening.
(1)
Expansion of 50% or less of gross square footage over five years
expansions in any continuous five-year period, which result in a 50%
or less increase in the gross square footage of the existing structure
(measured at the beginning of the five-year period), require that
a corresponding percentage of the off-street parking, landscaping,
perimeter buffer, screening, public frontage elements, private frontage
elements, and stormwater management standards of this chapter be installed
or upgraded on the site, until the site achieves 100% compliance.
(For example, if the addition is 25% of the area of the existing
structure and the site contains only 50% of the required landscaping,
25% of the required landscaping for the entire site must be provided,
thereby bringing the landscaping on the site to 75% of the total required.)
Existing landscaping on the site shall be retained or replaced
but shall not count toward the required percentage of new landscaping.
(2)
Expansion of greater than 50% of gross square footage over five
years. Expansions over any continuous five-year period, which result
in a greater than 50% increase of the gross square footage of the
existing structure (measured at the beginning of the five-year period),
require the entire property to meet all of the off-street parking,
landscaping, perimeter buffer, screening, public frontage elements,
private frontage elements, and signage standards of this chapter.
B. Physically constrained properties- comply to maximum extent practicable.
Lands that are physically constrained (due to limited size, topography,
or other environmental considerations) from complying with these provisions
shall comply, to the maximum extent practicable, as determined by
the Zoning Administrator.
C. Addition of outdoor storage area only. When only outdoor operations/storage/display
areas are being added or increased on a site, the percentage increase
in outdoor operations area shall require a corresponding percentage
increase in perimeter buffers and screening. Perimeter buffer and
screening augmentation shall be located so as to achieve the performance
objectives in § 72-55, Landscaping, with priority given
to screening the impacts of outdoor operations.