(A) (1) Development standards relate to the size, configuration and character of development.
(2) Development standards include, but are not limited to, items such as parking, landscaping, buffer areas and setback.
(3) Developed property may be non-conforming because the development of the property does not meet current zoning ordinance requirements.
(B) Property which is non-conforming, due to deficiencies in development standards, shall be regulated as follows.
(1) No change of use or change to a building structure shall be permitted which creates a deficit or increases an existing deficit in off-street parking spaces, loading areas or other development standards.
(2) Any site which is non-conforming due to deficiencies of development standards and which require review or approval by the city shall, as a requirement of that review, be brought into conformance including, but not limited to, development standards for parking, circulation, driveways, drainage, storage, screening and landscaping, with this chapter and other applicable codes before any permit or other request can be approved.
(Prior Code, § 12-15.04) (Ord. 747, passed - -1995) Penalty, see § 158.999