§ 153.065  NONCONFORMING USES.
   The following provisions shall apply to all nonconforming uses:
   (A)   As of the effective date of this chapter a nonconforming use may be continued, but may not be extended, expanded or changed unless to a conforming use, except as permitted by the City Commission in accordance with the provisions of this chapter;
   (B)   Any nonconforming structures damaged by fire, flood, explosion or other casualty may be reconstructed for use as before if the reconstruction is performed within 12 months of the casualty, and if the restored structure has no greater coverage and contains no greater cubic content than before the 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, the nonconforming use shall not be resumed;
   (D)   Normal maintenance of a nonconforming structure is acceptable including structural repairs and maintenance; and
   (E)   Nonconforming structures already in place shall be allowed to be located, erected, constructed, moved, altered, converted or enlarged if the activity does not affect the current cause of nonconformity and the activity is otherwise in full compliance with all the provisions of this chapter and other applicable city code provisions.
(1988 Code, § 11.50-1)  (Ord. 106, passed 5-26-2010)