When this article does not apply

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, this article does not apply: (1) Where the property in question is situated in an agricultural district established by the State land use commission but a use other than agricultural is permitted under a special use permit granted by the zoning board of appeals and approved by the State land use commission; (2) If the property in question is part of a subdivision tract in an industrial or noxious industrial district where all lots in the tract are 1 acre or more in area and the land and building on all of the lots are in fact used for industrial or noxious industrial uses, as distinguished from business, semi-industrial, or limited industrial uses; (3) If the general plan or development plans show deletion of the street on which the property in question abuts; (4) If, in the judgment of the chief engineer with respect to city-owned highways or of the director of the State department of transportation with respect to State-owned highways, the construction of improvements that are required by this article would create, rather than alleviate, drainage, or traffic problems; (5) In the case where improvements are to be installed in or along city-owned highways, if curb grades have not been established by the city or are not readily ascertainable by the chief engineer; (6) In the case where improvements are to be installed in or along State-owned highways, if curb grades are not readily ascertainable by the director of the State department of transportation; (7) In the case of the granting of a building permit for the installation of signs, demolition work, fencing, or building alterations with a cumulative cost of $100,000 or less, over a 12-month period, and where the alterations do not increase the floor area of the existing building; or (8) In the case of the granting of a building permit for building alteration when the affected property abuts a street proposed to be improved under an improvement district as set forth in the city’s six-year capital improvement program. )