(a) A nonconforming use existing at the time the Zoning Ordinance takes effect may be continued, except that if it is voluntarily discontinued for one year or more, it shall then be deemed abandoned and any further use must be in conformity with the uses permitted in such district.
(b) Any building arranged, intended or designed for a nonconforming use, the construction of which has been started at the time of the passage of the Zoning Ordinance, but not completed, may be completed and put to such nonconforming use, provided it is done within one year after the Zoning Ordinance takes effect.
(c) Any building or structure, existing as a nonconforming use at the time the Zoning Ordinance takes effect, which is destroyed by fire or the elements, may be reconstructed and restored, provided the same is done within one year from the date of such destruction.
(d) All provisions herein pertaining to nonconforming uses apply to land uses as well as building uses.
(e) A building or structure devoted to a nonconforming use at the time the Zoning Ordinance takes effect may not be altered or enlarged so as to extend such nonconforming use.
(f) Whenever a nonconforming use has been changed to a more restricted use or to a conforming use, such use shall not thereafter be changed to a less restricted or nonconforming use. (Ord. 2380. Passed 1-18-55.)