A. The purpose of this article is to protect the rights of property owners who have lawfully established, and continuously maintained in a lawful manner, a use prior to the adoption of this ordinance or prior to any amendment to this ordinance that otherwise renders such use unlawful. A non-conforming use or structure that was recognized prior to the adoption of this ordinance shall continue to operate under the provision of law under which the nonconforming structure or use was recognized so long as the non-conforming use or structure is not in violation of such provision of law, the adoption of this ordinance notwithstanding.
B. Nothing in this article prohibits the voluntary compliance with any future ordinance, regulation, or incentive. Modifications to non-conforming situations shall be required to comply with standards of this UDO in effect at the time of the modification unless specifically exempted in this article or otherwise approved by the town.
(Ord. passed 2-14-2017)