179.2

SEC. 179.2. [REPEALED.] (Added by Ord. 285-18, File No. 180806, App. 12/7/2018, Eff. 1/7/2019; repealed by Ord. 249-23, File No. 230701, App. 12/14/2023, Eff. 1/14/2024) SEC. 180. NONCONFORMING USES, NONCOMPLYING STRUCTURES AND SUBSTANDARD LOTS OF RECORD: GENERAL. (See Interpretations related to this Section.) The following provisions shall apply to nonconforming uses, noncomplying structures and substandard lots of record: (a) Definitions. Such uses, structures and lots are hereby defined as follows: (1) A "nonconforming use" is a use which existed lawfully at the effective date of this Code, or of amendments thereto, or a live/work unit which existed on the effective date of Ordinance No. 412-88 (effective October 10, 1988) (other than a live/work unit wholly or partly occupying space whose legal occupancy under the Building Code was then limited to a residential occupancy) and which fails to conform to one or more of the use limitations under Articles 2, 6, 7 and 8 of this Code that then became applicable for the district in which the property is located. (2) A "noncomplying structure" is a structure which existed lawfully at the effective date of this Code, or of amendments thereto, and which fails to comply with one or more of the regulations for structures, including requirements for off-street parking and loading, under Articles 1.2, 1.5, 2.5, 6, 7 and 8 of this Code, that then became applicable to the property on which the structure is located. (3) A "substandard lot of record" is a lot which existed lawfully at the effective date of any requirement of this Code applicable thereto for minimum lot width or area (on December 26, 1946, or through subsequent amendments), and which fails to meet one or more of such requirements. Any lot existing and recorded as a separate