A Certificate of Zoning Compliance shall be required for all lawful nonconforming uses of land or buildings existing or created by the adoption of this Zoning Ordinance. It shall be the duty of the Zoning Inspector to notify and issue a certificate for a lawful nonconforming use to the owner or tenant within a period of one (1) year after the effective date of this Zoning Ordinance. Refusal of the Zoning Inspector to issue a certificate for such nonconforming use shall be evidence that said nonconforming use was either illegal or did not exist at the effective date of this Zoning Ordinance. A Certificate of Zoning Compliance for a lawful nonconforming use shall not be transferred to another owner or lessee; however, such use may be continued, provided, a Certificate of Zoning Compliance shall be obtained by the new owner or lessee.
(Ord. 60-93. Passed 7-11-94.)