A. Nonconforming Use Of Structure: If a lawful use of a structure, or of structure and premises in combination, exists at the effective date of adoption or amendment of this title, the lawful use may be continued so long as it remains otherwise lawful, subject to the following provisions:
1. No existing structure devoted to a use not permitted by this title 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.
2. Any nonconforming use may be extended throughout parts of a building that were manifestly arranged or designed for such use at the time of adoption or amendment of this title, but no such use shall be extended to occupy any land outside such building.
3. Any structure, or structure and land in combination, in or on which a nonconforming use is superseded by a permitted use, shall thereafter conform to the regulations for the district in which such structure is located, and the nonconforming use may not thereafter be resumed.
4. When a nonconforming use of a structure or structure and premises in combination is discontinued or abandoned for six (6) consecutive months, the structure, or structure and premises in combination, shall not thereafter be used except in conformance with the regulations of the district in which it is located.
5. 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.
B. Nonconforming Use Of Land: Where, at the effective date of adoption or amendment of this title, lawful uses of land exist that are no longer permissible under the terms of this title as enacted or amended, such uses may be continued, so long as they remain otherwise lawful, subject to the following provision:
1. No such nonconforming use shall be enlarged or increased, nor extended to occupy a greater area of land than was occupied at the effective date of adoption or amendment of this title.
2. No such nonconforming use shall be moved in whole or in part of any other portion of the lot or parcel occupied by such use at the effective date of adoption or amendment of this title.
3. If any such nonconforming use of land ceases for any reason for a period of more than thirty (30) days, any subsequent use of such land shall conform to the regulations specified by this title for the district in which such land is located.
C. Specific Uses And Special Exceptions: A specific use or special exception use existing prior to the effective date of this title that is permitted in its entirety as a principal use in the district in which it is located under this title shall remain applicable. (Ord. 420, 12-18-2017)