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Council approves zoning text amendments to allow limited expansions of nonconforming structures
Summary
Council approved two text amendments to the Clinton Land Development Ordinance: section 13.4 to allow limited expansions of nonconforming structures in highway commercial adjacencies without reducing side/rear distances, and a central business district amendment (3.42) to permit certain additions and recorded easements for protruding features on older buildings.
Planning staff presented two separate text amendments to the Clinton Land Development Ordinance. The first amendment (section 13.4) would allow a nonconforming structure that contains a conforming use to be expanded provided the expansion does not reduce the existing distance between the structure and side or rear property lines; staff clarified this applies only in highway commercial zoning districts that abut other highway commercial zones.
The second amendment (section 3.42) would address preexisting nonconforming buildings in the central business district that are required by the fire inspector to have exterior stairs or exterior mechanical units; the amendment would allow additions up to a property line and permit owners to obtain easements from adjoining property owners for items such as stair overhangs or HVAC units that would otherwise encroach.
Council members asked clarifying questions about where the amendments apply and whether easements would be required and recorded; staff said easements would be deeded and recorded like any other easement. Both amendments closed public hearings and were approved by voice vote.
Staff noted the amendments were intended to help owners of older commercial properties preserve and adapt historic buildings while respecting neighboring property rights.
