If a lawful use involving individual structures, or of a structure and land in combination, exists at the effective date of adoption or amendment of this Zoning Ordinance that would not be allowed in the district under the terms of this Zoning Ordinance, the lawful use may be continued so long as it remains otherwise lawful, subject to the following provisions.
(a) No existing structure devoted to a use not permitted by this Zoning Ordinance 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. Reconstruction occurs when the cost of the work to be done is greater than 50% of the cost of replacement as set forth in § 1173.12.
(Ord. 99-132, passed 10-11-1999)
(b) Any nonconforming use may be extended throughout any parts of a building which were manifestly arranged or designed for the use at the time of adoption or amendment of this Zoning Ordinance, but no use shall be extended to occupy any land outside the building.
(c) Any structure, or structure and land in combination, in or on which a nonconforming use is superseded by a permitted use, shall thereafter conform to the regulations for the district, and the nonconforming use may not thereafter be resumed.
(d) When a nonconforming use of a structure, or structure and land in combination, is discontinued or abandoned for more than six months (except when government action impedes access to the premises), the structure, or structure and land in combination, shall not thereafter be used except in conformity with the regulations of the district in which it is located.
(e) When nonconforming use status is applied to a structure and land in combination, removal or destruction of the structure shall eliminate the nonconforming status of the land.
(Ord. 98-104, passed 9-14-1998)