(a) Ordinary repairs, maintenance, remodeling or repair or replacement of non- bearing walls, fixtures, wiring or plumbing may be performed on a nonconforming building, structure or site condition or on any portion of a building, structure or site condition that contains a nonconforming use, provided that the cubic content/area shall not be increased and no structural parts shall be replaced, except when required by law to restore such building, structure or site condition to a safe condition, or to make the building, structure or site condition conform to the regulations of the district in which it is located.
(b) Expansion, alteration, reconstruction, remodeling or improvement involving an increase in the cubic content/area of the nonconforming building, structure or site condition is prohibited unless approved by the Board of Zoning and Building Appeals. Before granting such approval, the Board shall determine that literal enforcement of this section's prohibition will result in practical difficulties for the particular property, the proposed expansion, alteration, reconstruction, remodeling or improvement will not result in greater detriment to the surrounding properties, and then only if the cumulative cost of the expansion, alteration, reconstruction, remodeling or improvement does not exceed 75% of the market value of the building, structure or site condition at the time the application is submitted. If the proposed expansion, alteration, reconstruction, remodeling or improvement is in compliance with all current code provisions, the ZEO shall issue a zoning permit without BZA approval.
(Ord. 58-01. Passed 5-29-01; Ord. 28-05. Passed 3-28-05.)