Section 25.98.050 Termination of certain uses and structures in accordance with amortization schedules.

Certain uses involving a high degree of incompatibility and a low amount of investment shall be terminated, or altered, as herein prescribed:

1. Fences, walls and foilage which impair sight distances at a curve or intersection and thereby constitute a hazard to pedestrian or vehicular traffic shall be made conforming within one calendar year of August 2, 1976, the effective date of this title.

2. Nonconforming open storage operations, such as truck parking, automobile wrecking, salvage material storage and similar uses not involving structures shall be terminated or made conforming within two calendar years of the effective date of this title.

3. All uses in business and manufacturing zones shall be altered so as to comply with all provisions of this title setting forth specifications for fencing or screening within one calendar year of their passage.

EXCEPTION: When applicable fencing or screening requirements have existed one year or less from the time when a salvage operator applied for a conditional use permit, the board of adjustment, as a condition to granting the permit, may grant the salvage operator additional time up to six months to comply with such fencing or screening requirements.

4. All uses which have grandfather status by operation of Section 25.02.045 and which have expanded their use, changed their use, or added new uses, shall be terminated or made conforming within one calendar year after such conditional use status was lost.

5. Extraction or landfilling operations that are in compliance with required grading permit procedures as of the effective date of the ordinance adopting this section shall be allowed to continue in operation for up to one year. At the end of that period, the extraction or landfilling operation must either be in compliance as a conditional use pursuant to section 25.94.030-21 or cease. (Ord. 2000-9159; 88/T-6634)