Such uses shall not be rendered non-conforming in situations where any of the following apply:
(A) Any adult business that fails to comply with the location requirements of this Ordinance (see Section 5.2.3(M)) but that was lawfully operating before December 9, 1993 shall not be deemed to be in violation of this Ordinance.
(B) An adult business operating lawfully is not rendered in violation of this Ordinance by the subsequent location of a church, public or private elementary school, child day care or nursery school, public park, residential district, or an establishment having a North Carolina ABC license within one thousand (1,000) feet of the sexually oriented business.
(C) If a nonconforming adult business is discontinued for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days or more, then the property shall be thereafter occupied and used only for a conforming use. If a nonconforming use of property is discontinued, but re-established within thirty (30) days, then the nonconforming use may continue, provided that the nature and degree of the nonconformity will not be changed or increased from that which existed before the nonconforming use was discontinued.
(Ord. No. 2010-LDO-03, 2-25-10; Ord. No. 2011-LDO-01, 1-11-11; Ord. No. 2022-LDO-02, 4-28-22)