1133.04 ALTERATIONS, REPAIRS AND RESTORATIONS .

   (a)    No existing building designed, arranged or intended for or devoted to a use not permitted under the regulations specified by this Zoning Code for the district in which such building is located shall be enlarged, extended, reconstructed, structurally altered or moved unless such use is changed to a use permitted under the regulations specified by this Zoning Code for such district. However, work may be done in any period of twelve consecutive months on ordinary repairs, or on repairs or replacements of nonbearing walls, fixtures, wiring or plumbing to an extent not exceeding twenty-five percent (25%) of the building's assessed value, according to the assessment thereof by the Cuyahoga County Auditor for the year in which such work is done, provided that the cubical content of the building as it existed at the time of the passage of this section is not increased, and provided further that nothing in this Zoning Code shall be deemed to prevent the strengthening or restoring to a safe condition of any building or part thereof declared to be unsafe by the Building Commissioner and ordered by him to be strengthened or restored to a safe condition, unless such building has been destroyed to an extent of more than fifty percent (50%) of the assessed value thereof according to the assessment thereof by the County Auditor for the year during which such destruction occurs.

   (b)    If at any time any building in existence or maintained at the adoption of this section which does not conform to the regulations for the district in which it is located shall be destroyed by any means to an extent of more than fifty percent (50%) of the assessed value thereof, according to the assessment thereof by the County Auditor for the year during which such destruction occurs, or if such building is moved for any reason for any distance whatever from the exact location occupied by such building at the time of the adoption of this section, then, in any such event, the building and the land on which the building was located or maintained shall, from and after the date of the destruction or moving, be subject to all the regulations specified by this Zoning Code for the district in which such land and building are located and shall not be restored or replaced except in conformity therewith.

(Ord. 10-1975. Passed 4-8-75.)