If a lawful use involving individual buildings and structures, or if a building or structure and land in combination, exists at the effective date of adoption of this chapter that would not now be allowed in the district under the terms of this chapter, the lawful use may be continued so long as it remains otherwise lawful, subject to the following provisions:
(A) No existing building or structure devoted to a use not permitted by the terms of this chapter in the district in which it is located shall be enlarged, extended, or constructed, except in changing the use of the building or structure to a use permitted in the district in which it is located, except as provided in §§ 154.132 through 154.134.
(B) A nonconforming use may be extended throughout any part of a building or structure which was manifestly arranged or designed for such use at the time of adoption of this chapter, but no such use shall be extended to occupy any land outside such building or structure.
(C) For any building or structure and land in combination, in or on which a nonconforming use is superseded by a permitted use and thereafter conforms to the regulations for the district, any nonconforming use may not thereafter be resumed.
(D) When a nonconforming use of building or structure, or a building or structure and land in combination is discontinued or abandoned for more than six months, the building and structure and land in combination shall not thereafter be used except in conformity with the regulations of the district in which it is located, except as provided in §§ 154.132 through 154.134.
(Ord. 0203, passed 6-10-02; Am. Ord. 2017-04, passed 5-8-17; Am. Ord. 2022-11, passed 8-8-22)
Penalty, see §
154.999