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Commissioner O'Bryan's next question was to County Attorney Collins, asking if <br />Alcohope moved all their activities on April 1, 2005, and they were no longer affiliated with <br />New Horizons, then was it a moot point whatever happens after that because it was not under <br />Alcohope, which was the owner of the property, and they had disassociated themselves from <br />New Horizons. <br />Attorney Collins said the fact that the tenant left to go to Hanley Hall does not mean that <br />the property loses its status as nonconforming. He thought it was then up to the owner to <br />maintain that nonconforming status through reconstruction or sale or lease to a new tenant. <br />Commissioner Flescher asked staff what waivers, amnesty, or lack of obligation was <br />applied, for the permitting process for residential or commercial, at the time of hurricanes. <br />Director Boling explained the provisions of the reconstruction (the 50%) rule, saying there was <br />nothing in the Code, and we have not applied a timeframe, for how long a person may take to <br />effect repairs because of damages from a hurricane. He said if there was no amnesty one needed <br />to have a building permit. <br />Vice Chairman Davis needed clarification on the 50% rule of grandfathered structures, <br />and Director Boling explained the section of the Code that deals with reconstruction of non - <br />conformities. <br />Chairman Bowden asked Director Boling to explain how damages are assessed, and <br />Director Boling said it was with difficulty, because they have to determine which building was <br />damaged because of a hurricane and which was not. <br />Commissioner Wheeler asked how staff determined if the grandfathered clause applies <br />to this; and would they have ruled the same way knowing and hearing all they had today. <br />April 24, 2008 46 <br />Special Call Meeting (The Source) <br />