Zoning laws are often confusing, making something OK if was built or converted a long time ago (“grandfathered in”) or making that same building NOT OK, if you were to try to build it today.

If dealing with the former, property owners need to be aware of the various requirements a municipality might have when dealing with older, non-conforming, dwellings.  An action that may seem counter-intuitive at the time may in fact be just the needed action necessary to preserve a non-conforming status for a building.

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