4-2 Establishment and Changes to Nonconforming Use
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The official San Juan County code is at https://sanjuancountyut.gov/207/Ordinances.
Text pulled 2026-10-19 from this source.
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The county permits the establishment, restoration, reconstruction, extension, alteration, expansion, or substitution of nonconforming uses upon the terms and conditions set forth in this ordinance;
The county shall not prohibit the reconstruction or restoration of a non-complying structure or terminate the nonconforming use of a structure that is involuntarily destroyed in whole or in part due to fire or other calamity unless the structure or use has been abandoned.
The county shall prohibit the reconstruction or restoration of a non-complying structure or terminate the nonconforming use of a structure if:
(1) the structure is allowed to deteriorate to a condition that the structure is rendered uninhabitable and is not repaired or restored within six months after written notice to the property owner that the structure is uninhabitable and that the non-complying structure or nonconforming use will be lost if the structure is not repaired or restored within six months; or
(2) the property owner has voluntarily demolished a majority of the non-complying structure or the building that houses the nonconforming use.
4-1 Nonconforming Use · 4-3 Termination of Nonconforming Use