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Director Fitzgibbons proposes nonconformance code changes, including 50% rebuild threshold for disaster‑damaged structures
Summary
Planning staff urged clearer definitions and a 50% damage threshold for requiring full compliance when structures are rebuilt after disasters; commissioners debated whether whole‑site upgrades should be required for disaster‑related rebuilding and asked for more detail at the March public hearing.
Director Fitzgibbons presented a compact nonconformance code update on Feb. 25 that focused on definitional clarity and thresholds for when nonconforming structures or site improvements must be brought into compliance.
Fitzgibbons said staff recommend a clear definition for “site improvement” and proposed that structures damaged, destroyed or demolished beyond 50% of the property’s assessed or appraised value should trigger full compliance with current code. “If the structure… has been damaged, destroyed, or demolished beyond 50% of the subject property's assessed or appraised value, whichever is higher,” Fitzgibbons explained, the city would treat the structure as no longer eligible to continue its nonconforming status.
Why it matters: the proposed threshold would change when owners can reconstruct to previous…
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