§ 17.11.263. Substantial improvement.

Substantial improvement: Any reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, or other improvement of a building or structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds fifty percent of the market value of the building or structure before the start of construction of the improvement. The term includes structures which have incurred substantial damage, regardless of the actual repair work performed. The term does not, however, include either:

(1)

Any project for improvement of a building or structure to correct existing violations of State or local health, sanitary, or safety code specifications which have been identified by the local Code Enforcement Official prior to submission of an application for a permit and which are the minimum necessary to assure safe living conditions; or

(2)

Any alteration of a historic structure, provided that the alteration will not preclude the structure's continued designation as a historic structure.

[Note: See "Substantial Improvement/Substantial Damage Desk Reference" (FEMA P-758).]

(Ord. No. O-24-12, § I, 7-23-2012; Ord. No. O-5-15 Amended, § I, 4-27-2015)