So long as no structural alterations are made, except as required by enforcement of other codes or ordinances, any nonconforming use may, upon appeal to and approval by the Zoning Board of Appeals, be changed to another nonconforming use of the same classification or of a less intensive classification, provided that the Board shall find that the use proposed for substitution is equally appropriate or more appropriate to the district than the existing nonconforming use. In permitting the change, the Board may require that additional conditions and safeguards be met, which requirements shall pertain as stipulated conditions to the approval of the change, and failure to meet the conditions shall be considered a punishable violation of this Zoning Ordinance. Whenever a nonconforming use has been changed to a less intensive use or becomes a conforming use, the use shall not thereafter be changed to a more intensive use or other nonconforming use.
(Ord. 98-104, passed 9-14-1998)