Except for dwellings permitted pursuant to § 173.05, if a lawful use of structure, or of structure and premises in combination, exists at the effective date of the adoption or amendment of this title that would not be allowed in the district under the terms of this title, that use may be continued subject to the following provisions:
(A) No existing structure devoted to a use not permitted by this title in the district in which it is located shall be enlarged, extended, constructed, reconstructed, moved, or structurally altered except in changing the use of the structure to a use permitted in the district in which it is located.
(B) Any non-conforming use may be extended throughout any parts of a building which were manifestly arranged or designed for such use at the time of adoption or amendment of this title, but no such use shall be extended to occupy any land outside such building.
(C) If no structural alterations are made, any non-conforming use of a structure, or structure and premises, may be changed to another non-conforming use provided the proposed use is equally appropriate to the district than the existing non-conforming use.
(D) Any structure, or structure and land in combination, in or on which a non-conforming use is superseded by a permitted use, shall thereafter conform to the regulations for the district in which such structure is located, and the non-conforming use may not thereafter be resumed.
(E) When a non-conforming use of a structure, or structure and premises in combination, is discontinued or abandoned for 6 consecutive months, the structure, or structure and premises in combination, shall not thereafter be used except in conformance with the regulations of the district in which it is located.
(F) Where a non-conforming use status applies to a structure and premises in combination, removal or destruction of the structure shall eliminate the non-conforming status of the land.
(Ord. 2017-02, passed 2-20-2018) Penalty, see § 175.99