Upon the effective date of this Unified Development Ordinance, and any amendment thereto, preexisting structures or lots of record and existing and lawful uses of any building or land which do not meet the minimum requirements of this Unified Development Ordinance for the district in which they are located or which would be prohibited as new development in the district in which they are located shall be considered as nonconforming. It is the intent of this subchapter to permit these nonconforming uses to continue until they are removed, discontinued or destroyed, but not to encourage such continued use, and to prohibit the expansion of any nonconformance.
(Ord. eff. 9-6-2012, § 8.1; Am. Ord. 21-1, passed 9-17-2020)