ML Planning Commission discusses nonconforming use

The subject of nonconforming use took up most of the May 25 Medical Lake Planning Commission meeting.

City Administrator Doug Ross brought a copy of the city’s municipal code chapter on nonconforming use and requested the commission consider amending it.

The request stems from two lots on the 300 block of North Jefferson Street — one being empty while the other has a house that has been vacant for some time.

According to the city’s municipal code, a nonconforming use is a use of property that was allowed under zoning regulations when it was established, but because of zoning changes, the use i...