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If a use which was lawfully established has less parking than required by the zoning code, it need not provide additional parking except under the following circumstances:

A. Expansion of Building. Any increase in the floor area of a building shall provide additional parking for the added floor area in accordance with the current parking requirements for such use, unless otherwise provided an exception under EMC 19.34.050 or reduction under EMC 19.34.060.

B. Change of Use.

1. In Metro Everett, no additional parking shall be required for changes in use for buildings in existence prior to January 1, 2007.

2. Outside of Metro Everett, no additional parking shall be required for changes in use for buildings in existence prior to December 2, 1956.

3. Except as otherwise allowed above, any change in use which requires more parking than the previous use shall provide parking in accordance with the current parking requirements for the changed use minus the number of parking spaces by which the previous use was deficient, unless otherwise provided an exception under EMC 19.34.050 or reduction under EMC 19.34.060.

C. Surfacing Materials. Where building or parking lot expansion is proposed, existing parking that does not meet current city requirements for surfacing shall be paved in accordance with city design standards if the value of the proposed expansion exceeds fifty percent of the value of existing buildings. (Ord. 3616-18 § 2 (Exh. 1), 2018.)