Whenever a nonconforming use of land or building has discontinued for a continuous period of (6) months, or in case a building originally designed for a commercial or industrial use for a continuous period of one year; or whenever there is otherwise evident a clear intent on the part of the owner to abandon a nonconforming uses, such use shall not thereafter be reestablished, and the use of the premises thereafter shall be in conformity with the regulations for the zone. Any nonconforming use which is illegally expanded shall lose its nonconforming status. (Ord. 232, 4-14-2010)