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ORDINANCE NO. 98m 0 9 1. Use of nonconforming structures abandoned for a period of 12 or more consecutive months (cross-reference LQR section 904.08) located on a nonconforming property shall not be permitted until the property is brought into compliance with the requirements of a compatible property 2. Except as otherwise provided herein, there maybe a change of tenancy or ownership of a nonconforming property, without the loss of nonconforming status, if use of the nonconforming structures is not abandoned for a period of 12 or more consecutive months. 3. Colors of a structure located on a nonconforming nropea shall not be changed from those existing at the time of the adoption of these special regulations, unless the new; to -be -painted colors comply with the Sly 60 special color regulations. 4. Projects on nonconforming properties requiring a building permit (excluding permits for roofs or minor repairs) shall be required to bring the property into compliance as a "compatible property". 5. A structure located on a nonconforming property shall not be enlarged or increased in anv way from its lawful size at the time of the adoltion of these special regulations. Where such changes are made, a building_ permit and compliance with the requirements of a "compatible property" are required for the enlargement or addition. Variances La) Variances from these special corridor regulations shall be processed pursuant to the procedures and timeframes of Section 70.001, Florida Statutes. The Planning and Zoning Commission shall recommend variances to the Board of County Commissioners for final action. The Planning and Zoning Commission is authorized to propose settlements of claims under Chapter 70, Florida Statutes, through any means set out in Section 70a001(4)(c). Le) Criteria. The Planning and Zoning Commission shall not approve a variance or other proposal for relief unless it finds the following. 1. The corridor regulation directly restricts or limits the use of real property such that the property owner is permanently unable to attain the reasonable, investment -backed expectation for the existing use of the real property or a vested right to a specific use of the real property_ with respect to the real property as a whole, or 2. That the property owner is left with existing or vested uses that are unreasonable such that the property owner bears permanently a disproportionate share of a burden imposed for the good of the public, which in fairness should be borne by the public at large, and 3. The reliefrag_ nted protects the public interest served by the regulations at issue and is the appropriate relief necessary to prevent the corridor regulations from inordinately burdening the real property_ additions.