1162.04 NONCONFORMING USES OF LAND.

   Where a lawful use of land exists at the effective date of adoption or amendment of this Ordinance that is made no longer permissible under the terms of this Ordinance as enacted or amended, such use may be continued so long as it remains otherwise lawful, subject to the following provisions:

   (a)   Proportion of Nonconformity. No such nonconforming use shall be enlarged or increased after the effective date of adoption or amendment of this Ordinance except that the Planning Commission, after written notice to abutting and adjacent property owners, may conditionally approve or deny an extension, or enlargement of a nonconformity as a recommendation to City Council.

   (b)   Location of Nonconformity. No such nonconforming use shall be moved in whole or in part to any other portion of the lot or parcel occupied by such use at the effective date of adoption or amendment of this Ordinance except that the Planning Commission, after written notice to abutting and adjacent property owners, may conditionally approve or deny the relocation of a nonconforming use as a recommendation to City Council.

   (c)   Extinction of Nonconformity. If such nonconforming use of land ceases for any reason for a period of more than two (2) years, the nonconformity is thereafter considered extinct and any subsequent use of such land shall conform to the regulations specified by this Ordinance for the District in which such land is located. (Ord. 2023-115. Passed 12-19-23.)