1147.02 NONCONFORMING USES; EXTENSIONS AND CHANGES.

   A Nonconforming Use existing at the time of the passage of this Chapter (originally enacted by Ordinance 1944-40, passed January 25, 1945) may be continued. A Nonconforming Use shall not be extended without the approval of the Commission, except that the extension of the use to any portion of the building, which portion was arranged or designed for such nonconforming use at the time of the passage of this Chapter, shall not be deemed an extension of a nonconforming use. A nonconforming use, if changed to a conforming use, may not thereafter be changed back to a nonconforming use.  Whenever a nonconforming use has been discontinued for a period of six (6) months or more, such discontinuance shall be considered conclusive evidence of an intention to legally abandon the nonconforming use.  At the end of the six (6) months period of abandonment, the nonconforming use shall not be re-established, and any further use shall be in conformity with the provisions of this Code. 

(Ord. 2018-94.  Passed 10-21-19.)