(A) The Board of Adjustment shall hear and decide appeals from any land owner to: make a change in use of a non-conforming use to a less-intense non-conforming use; make a change in location of a non-conforming use of land to another location on the same property; allow the replacement of a non- conforming use; or allow a non-conforming manufactured home to remain on the same lot as a principal structure, if it is occupied by a blood relative of the owner-occupant of the principal structure.
(B) The Board of Adjustment may only grant a change in a non-conforming use or replacement of a non-conforming structure which has been destroyed after having first held a public hearing and having determined that:
(1) (a) Said change will be more suitable and appropriate for the lot(s) on which it is located than the existing situation; and
(b) The proposed change will have a less harmful effect than the existing situation on the properties surrounding the lot(s) in question.
(2) The decision to grant the change will be in harmony with the general purpose and intent of this chapter and will not be injurious to the neighborhood or otherwise be detrimental to the public welfare.
(C) The Board of Adjustment, in granting said changes, may prescribe appropriate conditions and safeguards in conformity with this chapter in order to conform with divisions (A) and (B) above. Violation of such conditions and safeguards, when made a part of the terms upon which the change was granted, shall be deemed a violation of this chapter and shall be punishable as prescribed in § 10.99 of this code of ordinances.
(Ord. passed - -, § 12.8)