If, at the effective date of adoption or amendment of this chapter, a lawful use of a structure and land in combination exists that would not be allowed in the district under the terms of this chapter, such structure and land use may be continued so long as the structure and land use remains otherwise lawful, subject to the following provisions:
(A) No existing structure devoted to a use not permitted by this chapter in the district in which the structure is located shall be enlarged, extended, constructed, reconstructed, moved, or structurally altered, except in changing the use of the structure to a use permitted in the district in which the structure is located;
(B) Any nonconforming use may be extended throughout any parts of the building which were manifestly arranged or designed for such use and which existed when this chapter was adopted or amended, but no such use shall be extended to occupy any land outside such building;
(C) Any structure or structure and land in combination in or on which a nonconforming use is superseded in whole or in part by a permitted use shall thereafter conform to all regulations for the district in which such structure is located, and the nonconforming use may not thereafter be resumed;
(D) When a nonconforming use of a structure or structure and premises in combination is discontinued or ceases to exist for one year or for 12 months during any three-year period or otherwise sooner abandoned, the structure or structure and premises in combination shall not thereafter be used, except in conformance with the regulations of the district in which the structure is located. Structures occupied by seasonal uses shall be excepted from this provision.
(E) If nonconforming use status applies to a structure and premises in combination, removal or destruction of the structure shall eliminate the nonconforming status of the land.
(Ord. 497, passed 2-3-2004; Am. Ord. 523, passed 6-13-2006; Am. Ord. 2011-7, passed 12-13-2011; Am. Ord. 2019-02, passed 10-8-2019; Am. Ord. 2020-28, passed 3-3-2020; Am. Res. 2021-46, passed 4-23-2021)