Where a lawful use of a structure or of structure and land in combination exists at the effective date of adoption or amendment of this chapter, the lawful use may be continued so long as it 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 it 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 it is located.
(B) Any nonconforming use may be extended throughout any parts of a building which were manifestly arranged or designed for such use and which existed at the time of adoption or amendment of this chapter, 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(C) Any structure or structure and land in combination, in or on which a nonconforming use is superseded by a permitted use, shall thereafter no longer be considered a nonconforming use. Such structure or structure and land in combination shall henceforth conform to the regulations for the district in which such structure is located. The nonconforming use shall not thereafter be resumed.
(D) If such nonconforming use of a structure, or structure and land in combination ceases for any reason for a period of more than 6 consecutive months or 18 nonconsecutive months within a 3 year period, any subsequent use of such structure or land in combination shall conform to the regulations specified by this chapter for the district in which such land is located. Structures occupied by seasonal uses shall be excepted from this provision.
(E) Where 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. 792, passed 12-3-01)