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The following additional regulations shall apply to nonconforming buildings:

A. The nonconforming use of a building may be changed to a use of the same or more restricted nature; provided, that in each case a use permit is first secured.

B. The nonconforming use of a portion of a building may be extended throughout the building; provided, that in each case a use permit is first secured.

C. The enlargement, extension, reconstruction or structural alteration of a nonconforming building may be permitted in circumstances and in accordance with the limitations as described below:

1. Nonconforming building, nonconforming only as to height and yard regulations, may be permitted said additions or improvements, if said additions or improvements conform to all the regulations of the district in which they are located.

2. In the R-1 district, additions or improvements conforming to all other regulations of the district may be allowed under either of the following circumstances for single-family residences which do not meet the parking requirements of Sections 17.44.020(A) and 17.44.070(D):

a. The garage for the residence has one parking space as defined by Section 17.44.070(D) plus one nonstandard parking space defined for this section as a space with a minimum of seven feet by seventeen feet, and the building is nonconforming only as a result of Ordinance No. 84-7 adopted on October 16, 1984, to require two parking spaces in a garage.

b. Said additions or improvements will not increase the number of bedrooms, and the garage for the residence has one parking space as defined by Section 17.44.070(D) provided in an originally constructed and unmodified garage.

D. Ordinary maintenance and repairs may be made to any nonconforming building, provided no structural alterations are made and provided that such work does not exceed twenty-five percent of the assessed value in any one-year period.

E. No nonconforming building, structure or sign shall be moved in whole or in part to any other location unless every portion of such building, structure or sign which is moved is made to conform to all the regulations of the district in which it is located. (Ord. 2020-07 § 2, 2020; Ord. 2000-14 § 1, 2000; Ord. 96-23 § 1, 1996; Ord. 95-16 § 1, 1995; Zoning Ordinance dated 7/94, 1994)