900 Hl St Pineville, NC 28134

zoning regulations such as yard requirements as required in the R-7 District and Residential Overlay District. C) When a nonconforming use has been changed to a conforming use, it shall not thereafter be used for any nonconforming use. D) Discontinued uses. If a nonconforming use is discontinued, ceased, closed, or similar for ninety (90) days or more, the use shall not be allowed to re-establish. All new uses established thereafter shall be conforming. E) If a nonconforming use is removed or destroyed (i.e., receives damage to an extent of more than fifty (50) percent of its tax value, it may not be allowed to reestablish. If a nonconforming use is thereafter a use conditionally permitted in that zoning district, a petition may be filed to the Town Council following normal conditional site plan approval process as specified in this Ordinance. F) Nonconforming single-family uses are excluded from D and E above. 2.9.3 Nonconforming Structures A) A nonconforming structure is a structure the size, dimensions, location, or similar of which was lawful prior to the adoption, revision, or amendment to this Ordinance, but which fails by reason of such adoption, revision, or amendment to conform to the present requirements of the zoning district in which it is located. 46 1) In no instance shall a nonconforming structure that poses a health or safety hazard (such as structures in flood prone areas) be altered or expanded in a way that increases the nonconformity. 2) Unless otherwise prohibited; a nonconforming structure is permitted a onetime expansion of up to twenty five percent (25%) of the existing heated gross square feet of the individual structure, store, or similar provided the entire property meets all zoning, sidewalk, landscape, and architectural requirements. Under no other circumstances may a nonconforming structure be enlarged or altered except as to bring the property more into zoning compliance. 3) A nonconforming structure may also request alterations meeting the intent of this ordinance following the conditional zoning site plan approval process B) Natural Disaster or Destruction Unless otherwise specified below, if a nonconforming structure or nonconforming portion of a structure is destroyed to an extent of more than fifty (50) percent of its tax value at the time of destruction, it may not be replaced or repaired except in accordance with current zoning requirements as approved by the Planning Director.