(a) No change of a nonconforming use shall be made to a less restricted use.
(b) Any part of a nonconforming use shall be permitted to be strengthened or restored to a safe or sanitary condition if declared unsafe or unsanitary by the Building Commissioner or other authorized administrative official or agency of the City. Unless changed to a conforming building and use, structural changes shall not exceed in cost, during the life of such building, from and after the effective date of applicable zoning regulations, sixty percent of the value of such building shown on the tax duplicate of Cuyahoga County at the time of the first such expenditure after the effective date of this Zoning Code.
(c) No structural change shall be made in a nonconforming building, except as provided in subsection (b) hereof, unless it is changed to a conforming building and use or unless the change is approved by the Building Commissioner upon finding that the change is in the direction of conformity and will not extend unduly the life of an objectionable nonconforming use in the neighborhood.
(d) Any change of a nonconforming use to another use of the same degree of nonconformity, as determined by the most restricted district in which the existing nonconforming use is permitted, shall be made only upon the approval of the City Planning Commission upon finding that the proposed use is not more injurious to the neighborhood property values than the existing use.
(Ord. 96-61. Passed 4-21-97.)