(A) A nonconforming use may be continued for an indefinite period, except as provided herein, provided that if the use is discontinued for a period of 180 consecutive days, the use shall not be reestablished or changed to any other use except to one that is permissible in the district where the property is located.
(B) For purposes of determining whether a right to continue a nonconforming use is lost pursuant to this section, all of the buildings, activities and operations maintained on a lot are generally to be considered as a whole. For example, the failure to rent one apartment in a nonconforming apartment building for 180 days shall not result in a loss of the right to rent that apartment or space thereafter so long as the apartment building as a whole is continuously maintained. But if a nonconforming use is maintained in conjunction with a conforming use, discontinuance of a nonconforming use for the required period shall terminate the right to maintain it thereafter.
(Ord. No. 2337, § 1, passed 6-13-1991)