| Proposed zoning change - Abandoned & Damaged Structures |
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| Written by Land Use Department | |||
| Wednesday, 19 October 2011 08:57 | |||
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7.18 Abandoned and Damaged Structures: Current Language Within six (6) months after any building or structure has burned, collapsed, or otherwise been destroyed, demolished, or declared abandoned, all structural materials shall be removed from the site and the excavation thus remaining shall be covered or filled to existing grades. Nothing in this regulation shall prevent the commencement of reconstruction or restoration within six (6) months of a building damaged by fire, accident, or act of God, to its condition prior to such damage. Such reconstruction shall be a permitted use and no Special Procedures shall apply, excepting the reconstruction of buildings located in flood hazard areas for which a permit is required under Section 6.20 - Floodplain and Floodways. An extension of time for such reconstruction may be granted by the Zoning Administrator. Within forty-eight (48) hours, the property owner shall post warnings and take such other precautionary measures, upon and around the premises as are deemed necessary to insure the safety and welfare of the public. If not so secured within the forty-eight (48) hour time period, the Town will secure the property at the owner's expense.
Within forty-eight (48) hours, the property owner shall post warnings and take precautionary measures upon and around the premises to insure the safety and welfare of the public. Within six (6) months after any building or structure has burned, collapsed, or otherwise been destroyed or demolished, all structural materials shall be removed from the site and the excavation thus remaining shall be covered or filled to existing grades. An extension of time for such site work may be granted by the Zoning Administrator under extenuating circumstances (e.g. insurance delays, financing, weather, etc.). Nothing in these zoning bylaws shall prevent the commencement of reconstruction or restoration within eighteen (18) months of a building damaged by fire, accident, or act of God, to its condition prior to such damage. Such reconstruction shall be a permitted use and no Special Procedures shall apply, excepting the reconstruction of buildings located in flood hazard areas for which a permit is required under Section 6.20 - Floodplain and Floodways. An extension of time for such reconstruction may be granted by the Zoning Administrator under extenuating circumstances (e.g. insurance delays, financing, weather, etc.).
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