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Compton City Zoning Code

§ 30-23.2

Nonconforming Buildings and Structures.

[Added by Ord. #1557, § 9163.2; Ord. #2026, §§ 2 — 5; amended 10-26-2021 by Ord. No. 2339]
a. 
Continuation of Nonconforming Buildings and Structures. Nonconforming buildings and structures are hereby granted an automatic variance to permit the continuation of such buildings. Such variances shall remain in force and effect for the following lengths of time, which shall be computed beginning on the date which such building or structure became nonconforming due to the enactment of this Chapter or prior ordinances:
1. 
Structures which do not require a building permit: three years.
2. 
Signs and billboards: three years;
3. 
Type IV and Type V buildings (incombustible frame and wood frame), as defined in the California Building Code:
(a) 
Dwellings: 35 years; and
(b) 
Stores and factories: 25 years;
4. 
Type II and Type III buildings (heavy timber construction and masonry), as defined in the California Building Code:
(a) 
Dwellings, office buildings, hotels, warehouses, stores, garages, and lofts: 40 years; and
(b) 
Factory buildings: 50 years; and
5. 
Type I buildings (fire-resistive), as defined in the California Building Code:
(a) 
Dwellings: 50 years;
(b) 
Offices, stores, and hotels: 55 years; and
(c) 
Theaters: 60 years.
6. 
Razor wire, concertina wire and/or cut glass on exterior surfaces: 60 days;
7. 
Fences and gates that must be upgraded in accordance with Section 30-44 of this Chapter: 180 days.
A nonconforming building may be continued for a period of time as specified in this subsection provided no additions or enlargements are made thereto, except those required by law or ordinance. If such nonconforming building is removed, every future use of, and future building located on, such premises shall be in conformity with the provisions of this Chapter.
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed or applied so as to require the termination, discontinuance, or removal, or so as to prevent the modernization, expansion, alteration, repair, or reconstruction, of such public utility facilities as are employed for the transmission and/or distribution of electricity, gas, or water provided there is no change in use or enlargement of the site.
b. 
(Reserved)
c. 
(Reserved)
d. 
Enlargement of Nonconforming Buildings. Additions may be made to nonconforming buildings or structures which are nonconforming only because they do not meet the following development standards; provided, however, such additions shall be developed pursuant to the requirements of this Chapter:
1. 
Yards;
2. 
Building height limits, but not including floor area ratio provisions; and
3. 
Parking space size, driveway width, or turning radii.
e. 
Restoration of Nonconforming Buildings. Subject to all the other provisions of this section, a building destroyed to the extent of less than 50% of its replacement value by fire, explosion, or other casualty or act of God or the public enemy may be restored, and the occupancy or use of such building, or part thereof, which existed at the time of such partial destruction may be continued. In the absence of proof to the contrary, replacement value shall mean four times the assessed value of the building at the time of the destruction.