The following provisions shall apply to all nonconforming uses.
(A) A nonconforming use may be continued but may not be extended, expanded, or changed unless to a conforming use, except as permitted by the Advisory Board of Zoning Appeals in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(B) Any nonconforming structure damaged by fire, flood, explosion, or other casualty may be reconstructed and used as before if such reconstruction is performed within 12 months of such casualty, and if the restored structure has no greater coverage and contains no greater cubic content than before such casualty.
(C) In the event that any nonconforming use, conducted in a structure or otherwise, ceases, for whatever reason, for a period of one year, or is abandoned for any period, such nonconforming use shall not be resumed.
(Prior Code, § 36-7-4-600) (Ord. 712, passed 4-2-1957; Ord. 1964-9, passed 9-15-1964; Ord. 1965-4, passed 3-2-1965; Ord. 1966-2, passed 3-1-1966; Ord. 1967-7, passed 6-6-1967; Ord. 1968-5, passed 8-6-1968; Ord. passed 8-4-1970; Ord. 1977-12, passed 11-1-1977; Ord. 1978-18, passed 12-5-1978; Ord. 1980-8, passed 9-16-1980; Ord. 1980-11, passed 11-4-1980; Ord. 1982-1, passed 6-1-1982; Ord. 1985–5, passed 11-19-1985) Penalty, see § 151.999