A. To maintain the housing stock and preserve the community character, consistent with the General Plan.

B. To provide necessary routine maintenance and repair of older homes and structures.

C. To improve the safety of housing and nonresidential structures.

D. To mitigate adverse impacts upon abutting neighbors and the neighborhood in general.

E. To allow nonconforming structures and single-family residential uses to continue but not to exacerbate existing nonconforming conditions.

F. To encourage conformance with current zoning requirements where feasible.

G. To establish a time frame for reconstruction of nonconforming uses and structures that have been abandoned after which compliance with current zoning requirements would be necessary.

H. To restrict the expansion or relocation of nonconforming multiple-family residential and commercial structures and/or nonconforming uses.

I. To encourage preservation, maintenance, restoration and rehabilitation of structures listed on Larkspur’s official historic resources inventory. (Ord. 1030 § 2(12), 2018; Ord. 975 § 4, 2011; Ord. 929 § 66, 2004; Ord. 901 § 1 (part), 2000)