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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 14, Page 11, No Ordinance NumberAN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE FINAL REPORT OF THE PADUCAH PLANNING AND ZONING COP•nfISSION RESPECTING THE AMND14ENT OF SECTION 6 OF THE PADUCAH ZONING ORDINANCE, AND AI+ENDING SAID SECTION BE IT ORDAIDIED BY THE BOARD OF COIT'lISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY: SECTION 1. That a resolution adopted by the Paducah Planning and Zoning Commission on February 12, 1959, entitled "A RESOLUTION CONSTITUTING THE FINAL REPORT OF THE PADUCAH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF SECTION 6 OF THE PADUCAH ZONING ORDINANCE", be approved as the final report of said Commission respecting the matters therein set forth. SECTION 2. That Section 6 of the Paducah Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance Book 12, page 709) be, and it is hereby, amended, so that as amended it will read as follows: "SECTION 6. Continuance of Nonconforming Buildings or Uses. A. Nonconforming Buildings or Structures 1. Maintenance Permitted - A nonconforming building or structure may be maintained, except as otherwise pro- vided in this Section. 2. Repairs and Alterations - May be made to a non- conforming building or structure. 3. Additions, Enlargements or Proving (a) A building or structure nonconforming as to regulations for lot area per dwelling unit shall not be added to or enlarged in any manner unless such building or structure, including such addition and enlargement, is made to conform to the area per dwelling regulations of the zone in which it is located. (b) A building or structure nonconforming as to height or yard regulations shall not be added to or enlarged in any manner unless such addition or enlargement conforms to all the regulations of the zone in which it is located. (c) No nonconforming building or structure shall be moved in whole or in part to any other location on the lot unless every portion of such building or structure is made to conform to all the regulations of the zone in which it is located. (d) A building or structure nonconforming as to use regulations may be added to or enlarged, provided (1) that 12 — -,-- --- the - - g the addition or enlargement is so erected as to leave front, rear and side yards no smaller than those required by regulations applicable in the zone in which the property is located or no smaller than the front, rear and side yards existing prior to the erection of the addition or enlargement, whichever are smaller, and (2) that the addition or enlargement , shall conform to all regulations as to height applicable in the zone in which the property is located, and (3) that the i addition or enlargement has a ground floor square foot area not exceeding 30jo of the ground floor square foot area of the building to which it is added, as such building existed at the time it became nonconforming. (e) In any instance in which the Board determines that an addition or enlargement greater than that allowable I in the preceding paragraph (d) will not be detrimental to other properties in the vicinity, it shall have the power to grant a Special Exception, in accordance with the procedure prescribed in Section 35, for the erection of an addition or I enlargement of not exceeding 100;3 of the ground floor square foot area of the building to which it is added, as such build- ing existed at the time it became nonconforming, provided however, that any such addition or enlargement shall be confined to land the record title to which was vested in the then owner of such building at the time the building became i nonconforming. B. ITonconforming Uses of Buildings or Structures 1. Continuation and 6hange of Use - Except as other- vrise provided in this section: (a) The nonconforming use of a building or structure, lawfully existing at the time this ordinance be- came effective, or enlarged pursuant to the provisions of Section 6 A 3 (d) and/or (e), may be continued. (b) The nonconforming use of a building or structure may be changed only to a use of the same or more restricted classification. 2. Expansion Prohibited - A nonconforming use of a building or structure designed for a conforming use shall not be expanded or extended into any other portion of such conforming building or structure nor changed except to a conforming use." SECTION 3. That if any section, paragraph or proui.sion of this ordinance shall be found to be inoperative, ineffective or invalid 13 for any cause, the deficiency or invalidity of such section, paragraph or provision shall not affect any other section, paragraph or provision hereof, it being the purpose and intent of this ordinance to make each and every section, paragraph and provision hereof separable from all other sections, paragraphs and provisions. SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption. Mayor � Passed by the Board of Commissioners February 14, 1959 Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, February 14, 1959.