A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, a nonconforming use shall not be changed to any use except to a conforming use.
B. A nonconforming use may be changed to any other nonconforming use which would have been permitted under the most recent zoning classification of the property under which the existing nonconforming use was a conforming use subject to the following limitations:
1. The change shall not increase the site area or gross floor area occupied by the existing nonconforming use nor increase number of structures or the size or height of any structure housing such use;
2. Any period of temporary vacancy or discontinuance associated with such change shall not exceed six months;
3. Such change shall be permitted only if the Director determines that the building, or portion thereof, presently occupied by the nonconforming use is not readily usable as a conforming use. In making this determination, the Director may take into account the time factors described in Section 19.140.010(A)(1);
4. Such change shall not create, cause, or significantly increase adverse privacy, noise, parking, traffic, or similar impacts with respect to other uses or neighboring properties.
C. A nonconforming use which is changed to a conforming use, shall not be reestablished, and any portion of a site or any portion of a building, the use of which changes from a nonconforming to a conforming use, shall not thereafter be used except to accommodate a conforming use.
(Ord. 2085, § 2 (part), 2011; Ord. 1601, Exh. A (part), 1992)