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   59-C-2.25. Existing structures.
      (a)   Multiple-family dwellings, if built under the standards of the C-2 Zone prior to March 23, 1976 are conforming structures and may be repaired, reconstructed, or structurally altered as multiple-family dwellings, in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter in effect for the C-2 zone prior to March 23, 1976, so long as the total floor area is not increased beyond what is in existence as of May 10, 1993. 
      (b)   Multiple-family dwellings, if built under the standards of any multiple-family zone between January 1, 1954 and October 23, 1973, are conforming structures and may be repaired, reconstructed, or structurally altered as multiple-family dwellings in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter in effect for the respective zone prior to October 23, 1973, so long as the total floor area is not increased beyond what is in existence as of May 10, 1993.
      (c)   If a lot was in a multiple-family zone and was recorded in the Montgomery County land records prior to January 1, 1954, and the lot does not meet the minimum net lot area standards of Sec. C-2.411, any development on the lot is subject to the multiple-family zone standards for the property in effect as of January 1, 1954, except:
         (1)   Any multi-family dwelling built under the standards of a multi-family zone prior to 1954 that has a valid use-and-occupancy permit, is a conforming structure and may be repaired, reconstructed, or structurally altered as a multi-family dwelling in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter in effect for the respective zone prior to 1954, so long as the total floor area is not increased beyond what was in existence as of January 1, 2001.
         (2)   Any multi-family dwelling built after January 1, 2001, and replacement of any multi-family dwelling built under the standards of a multi-family dwelling built under the standards of a multi-family zone prior to 1954, must conform to the off-street parking requirements as set forth in Division 59-E-3.
      (d)   If a lot in a multiple-family zone was recorded in the Prince George's County land records, in a multiple-family zone as of July 1, 1997, and does not meet the minimum net lot area standards of Sec. C-2.411, any development on the lot is subject to the Montgomery County multiple-family zone standards for the property in effect as of January 1, 1954, except:
         (1)   Any multi-family dwelling built under the standards of a multi-family zone prior to 1954 that has a valid use-and-occupancy permit, is a conforming structure and may be repaired, reconstructed, or structurally altered as a multi-family dwelling in accordance with the provisions so long as the total floor area is not increased beyond what was in existence as of January 1, 2001.
         (2)   Any multi-family dwelling built after January 1, 2001, and replacement of a multi-family dwelling built under the standards of any multi-family zone prior to 1954, must conform to the off-street parking requirements as set forth in Division 59-E-3.
(Legislative History: Ord. No. 12-37, § 1; Ord. No. 12-71, § 2; Ord. No. 14-30, § 1.)