(A) All nonconforming junk yards, lumber yards, coal and fuel yards, used automobile sales lots, machinery and equipment and similar uses of open land not involving an investment in permanent buildings and facilities of 50% or more of the assessed valuation for tax purposes of the land on which they stand shall be torn down, altered or otherwise made to conform with the provisions and regulations of this chapter within one year of the date of its enactment.
(B) All nonconforming signs and awnings attached to buildings or other structures shall be removed, altered or otherwise made to conform with the provisions and regulations of this chapter by [(sic)].
(2000 Code, App. B, § 35)