Where, on the date of adoption or amendment of this chapter, a lawful use of a structure exists that is no longer permissible under the regulations of this chapter, such use may be continued so long as it remains otherwise lawful, subject to the following provisions.
(A) No nonconforming use of a structure shall be enlarged, expanded, extended or altered, except in changing the use of such structure to a use permitted in the district in which such structure is located.
(B) When a nonconforming use of a structure is discontinued or abandoned for more than 180 consecutive days, the structure shall not thereafter be used except in conformance with the regulations of the district in which it is located.
(C) In any structure devoted, in whole or in part, to any nonconforming use, work may be done in any period of 12 consecutive months on ordinary repairs, or on repair or replacement of non-bearing walls, fixtures, wiring or plumbing, to an extend not to exceed 10% of the then-current replacement value of the structure, provided that the volume of such structure or the number of families housed therein as it existed on the date of adoption or amendment of this chapter shall not be increased. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to prevent the strengthening of any structure or part thereof declared to be unsafe by any official charged with protecting the public safety upon order of such official.
(D) Should any structure containing a nonconforming use be moved, for any reason of any distance, it shall thereafter conform to the regulations of the district in which it is located after it is moved.
(E) Should any structure devoted, in whole or in part, to any nonconforming use be destroyed by any means to an extent of more than 50% of its replacement costs at the time of destruction, it shall not be reconstructed and again devoted to any use except in conformity with the regulations of the district in which it is located.
(Ord. passed
6-18-1991
, § 3.4) Penalty, see § 154.999