23.42.126

Outdoor storage areas nonconformity

Seattle Municipal Code · Seattle Mun. Code § 23.42.126

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A. An outdoor storage area nonconforming as to screening and landscaping shall be required to be screened and landscaped at the time of any structural alteration or expansion of the outdoor storage area or the structure with which it is associated according to the provisions of: 1. Subsection 23.47A.016.D.2, if located in a NC zone or C zone; 2. Section 23.48.055 , if located in the SM zone; 3. Subsection 23.50.016.C, if located on an industrial street designated for landscaping; and/or 4. Section 23.50.036 , if located in an IB zone. B. A business establishment in an NC1, NC2, NC3, or SM zone with a nonconforming outdoor storage area may be extended, structurally altered, or expanded if the outdoor storage area is not expanded and if it is screened and landscaped according to the standards of subsection 23.47A.016.D.2, or Section 23.48.055 if the business is in the SM zone. C. A nonconforming use with a nonconforming outdoor storage area may be structurally altered, but not expanded, if the outdoor storage area is not expanded and if it is screened and landscaped according to the standards of subsection 23.47A.016.D.2, or Section 23.48.055 if the nonconforming use with the nonconforming outdoor storage area is in the SM zone. (Ord. 126864 , § 17, 2023; Ord. 124883 , § 9, 2015; Ord. 122311 , § 27, 2006; Ord. 121782, § 9, 2005; Ord. 120293 , § 1, 2001.)