(A) Public utilities exempted. The provisions of this subchapter concerning the required abatement of nonconforming buildings, structures and/or uses, and the reconstruction of nonconforming buildings and structures partially destroyed, shall not apply to public utility buildings and structures when such buildings and structures pertain directly to the rendering of the service by a utility, such as steam electric generation stations, electric distribution and transmission substations, communication equipment building, water wells and pumps, gas storage, metering and valve control stations; nor shall any provision of this subchapter be construed or applied so as to prevent the expansion, modernization or replacement of such public utility buildings, structures, equipment and features, as are used directly for the delivery of or distribution of the service; provided, that this section shall not exempt such uses from the provisions hereof covering nonconformity of such buildings, structures or uses not immediately related to the direct service to consumers, such as warehouses, storage yards and the like.
(B) Mixed uses. Where uses, buildings and/or structures are located on a C or I zoned lot, or a combination of such lots which form a single complex under common ownership, or a portion of such uses, buildings and/or structures located thereon, are nonconforming solely by reason of the fact that one or more of the uses are not permitted uses in the zone, no additional use, building or structure shall be permitted on such lot or lots, unless all of the requirements of provisions of this chapter are met as to any such additional use.
(Ord. 1346, passed 5-2-12)