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Summary of the Draft Zoning Code <br />23 August 2021 <br />Page 8 <br /> <br />3824 Huntington Avenue St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 <br />612-616-7768 bill@weberplanning.com <br />12 - Temporary Uses and Structures <br />This entirely new chapter presents ideas that are presently scattered in various chapters of <br />the zoning code, provides conditions of approval and lists the permit requirements. It <br />covers temporary land uses such as construction trailers, garage sales, seasonal retail <br />sales and others. It does not apply to special events that are otherwise subject to leases, <br />permits, or other forms of permission that are duly established between the special event <br />organization and the City. <br />13 - Non-Conforming Uses and Structures <br />This chapter is completely unchanged from its present wording. <br />A non-conforming land use or building is one that is inconsistent with the present zoning <br />regulations. A legal non-conforming use is one that was built according to the zoning <br />regulations that existed at the time but has been made non-conforming because the <br />zoning regulations were later changed. An illegal non-conforming use is one that was <br />built without a permit and does not conform to present regulations; these are rare. <br />Legal non-conforming building and land uses may “not be enlarged but may be continued <br />at the size and in the manner of operation existing upon such date except as hereinafter <br />specified or subsequently amended.” Normal building maintenance is allowed. If such a <br />use is damaged by less than half of its market value may be rebuilt as it was before if the <br />owner applies for a building permit within six months. If a non-conforming use is <br />discontinued for a year, it must be brought into conformance with the zoning regulations. <br />Note that this chapter continues the present regulations that (a) protect the rights of any <br />manufactured housing park that may be made non-conforming through a change to the <br />zoning text or the zoning map and (b) any individual mobile home that is deemed non- <br />conforming. Those provisions are consistent with state law regarding mobile homes.