(A) Legal nonconforming site features. Any site feature or improvement (such as landscaping, dumpster enclosures, parking space dimensions, etc.) lawfully established prior to the effective date of this chapter, or its subsequent amendments, that no longer meets the development standards shall be deemed a legal nonconforming site feature.
(B) Continuation of nonconforming site features. The continuation and modification of nonconforming site features shall be consistent with the following requirements.
(1) Increases in nonconformity. No legal nonconforming site feature shall be altered, removed, or otherwise modified in a manner that increases the amount of nonconformity. Site features may be modified in a manner that maintains or lessens the extent of the nonconformity.
(2) Site modifications. If building expansions or other changes to the property occur that require corresponding site feature improvements, the affected features shall only be required to be modified to the extent necessary to accommodate the property changes. For example, parking lot landscaping would only be required for new portions of a parking lot that was required to be expanded due to a change in the use of the property - the amount of landscaping in the preexisting parking areas will be unaffected. The required installation of new site features shall not require the entire site to be brought into compliance with this chapter.
(Ord. 2007-1B, passed 2-5-07)