§ 16-8. Construction approved prior to chapter adoption.  


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  • Except as specifically required in this chapter, nothing contained in this chapter shall require any change in any existing building or structure, construction or planned use of a proposed building which would conform to a completed application for a site plan, special use permit, variance or subdivision meeting the requirements of this chapter which were in effect at the time the complete application was filed and/or for which building permit plans are on file and have been approved by the community development department of the county prior to the effective date of this chapter, and the construction of which building or structure shall have been started within the time requirements of such building permit and diligently worked upon to its completion. Nothing in this section shall be construed to make an illegal nonconforming use or structure into a legal nonconforming use or structure.

(Ord. No. 85-210, § 3, 1994; Code 1985, § 17.02.080)