Subject: 9815/Non-conforming uses, outdoor storage, setbacks from alleys
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 1990 11:55:00 -0500


        
        
                                ORDINANCE NO. 9815
        
        
                   AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 6958, AS
                   AMENDED, KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE, SO AS
                   TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS RELATIVE TO
                   NON-CONFORMING USES, OUTDOOR STORAGE, AND
                   SETBACKS FROM ALLEYS.
                  
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              	   WHEREAS, The Chief Building Official for the City of
         Chattanooga has requested that certain changes be made to the
         Chattanooga Zoning Ordinance relative to non-conforming uses,
         outdoor storage, and setbacks from alleys; and
              	   WHEREAS,  the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional
         Planning commission has reviewed and recommends a proposed
         amendment to the Chattanooga City Council;
                                 NOW, THEREFORE,
              	   BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
         CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, That Ordinance No. 6958, as amended, 
the
         Zoning Ordinance, be and the same is hereby amended as follows:
              	   SECTION 1.	  That Article VII, Section 103, is
         hereby amended by deleting in its entirety and inserting in 
lieu
         thereof the following language:
        
                  
                  
                   103.  Nothing in this Ordinance shall be taken
                        to prevent the restoration within one (1)
                        year of a building destroyed to any
                        extent by fire, explosion or other
                        casualty, nor the continued occupancy of
                        such building.
                  
                   	In addition, a lot that had a single use
                        consisting of a legal non-conforming
                        manufactured home in a residential zone,
                        that was destroyed by any of the above
                        may, prior to the expiration of 100
                        consecutive days, have another
                        manufactured home placed on the lot,
                        provided that a new building permit shall
                        be issued for this manufactured home,
                        specifying that the manufactured home
                        meets all the current regulations
                        concerning building, plumbing, electrical
                        and other codes applicable to the said
                        unit.
                  
                  
                  
         	   SECTION 2.	  That Article V, Section 507 and 607, be
         amended by deleting that section dealing with the presence of
         outdoor storage and substituting thereof the following 
language:
                  
                   	...shall be limited to 20% of the lot
                        square footage, excluding the area where
                        buildings are located, such...
                  
        
         	   SECTION 3.	  That Article IV, be amended by adding
         Section 110 as follows:
                  
                   	Setbacks from alleys, for buildings, or
                        structures, shall be the same as the zone
                        side and rear yard requirements.
        
         	   SECTION 4.	  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this
         Ordinance shall take effect two weeks from and after its 
passage
         as required by law.
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         PASSED on Third and Final
         Reading December 15, 1992.    
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         	   	     	       	          CHAIRPERSON
        
         	   	     	       APPROVED: ______ DISAPPROVED:_____
        
         	   	     	       DATE:___________ ___, 1992.
        
        
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         	   	     	       	    	     MAYOR
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