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• • II. Definitions "Alteration ar Repair" is a modification made to an interior portion of a building. "Exemption from Extended Useful Life" a process whereby the Zoning Board of Adjustment considers whether to allow a land use or structure to continue in operation, subject to findings and conditions. "Extended Useful Life" is the detemnination of a period of time by the Zoning Board of Adjustment during which a nonconforming use can :_ operate (also known as amortization). ~ ~ , "Illegal Nonconforming Uses" are uses that were never legally permitted and approved and r~emain~ nonconforming under the current regulations. "Legal Nonwnforming Uses" are uses that were legally permitted and approved under the regulations that were in-place at the time of permitting. "Nonconforming Lots of Record" means an area of land designated as a lot on a plat of a subdivision recorded pursuant to statutes of the state with the county dark, or an area of land held in a single ownership described by metes and bounds upon a deed recorded or registered with the county deck, whereby said lot does not conform to the existing zoning regulations. "Nonconforming Structure" is a structure, the size, dimensions, or location of which was Lawful prior to the adoption or revision to the zoning ordinance but that fails by reason of such adoption to conform to the present requirements of the zoning district. - "Nonconforming Uses" are land uses that are allowed by one set of regulations but not permitted under the current regulations. This generally results from annexation or amendments to the regulations under which the land use was permitted. Analysis of Divisi~m y, 'Coning Ordinance:, Noncanforminb Buildings. Structurew, and Uses ~ 3 City of La Porte, Texas. luly 18. 19~ . . Hawes I Iill dt I'atteraon Consultants 90'd ~ dZ0=90 66-8Z-unC