(A) All land annexed to the city after the effective date of this chapter shall, at the time of annexation, retain the use district classification name and planned unit development district provided in the Elkhart County Zoning Ordinance, as amended, except that all agricultural use districts in the county’s Zoning Ordinance shall automatically be classified under this chapter in the R-1 One-Family Dwelling district until the classification is changed by the City Council. Where discrepancies occur between the district regulations of the Elkhart County and Elkhart City Zoning Ordinances, the Elkhart City Zoning Ordinance shall apply after the effective date of annexation.
(B) All special exceptions and any other special district rights granted by the Elkhart County Board of Zoning Appeals shall be retained upon annexation.
(C) Any use or activity conducted in compliance with regulations of the Elkhart County Zoning Ordinance but which, at the effective date of annexation to the city, would not be in compliance with the regulations of this chapter may be continued and regulated in the same manner as other nonconformities of this chapter.
(D) Any use or activity which, at the effective date of annexation to the city, is contrary to the provisions both of this chapter and the Elkhart County Zoning Ordinance shall constitute a violation of the applicable provisions of this chapter.
(1979 Code, § 151.022) (Ord. 4370, passed 7-20-1998)