1149.06 NONCONFORMING USES.

   A nonconforming use existing at the time of the passage of this section (May 20, 1935) may be continued. A nonconforming use shall not be extended except as authorized by Section 1149.05 but the extension of a use to any portion of a building, which portion was arranged or designed for such nonconforming use at the time of the passage of this section (May 20,1935), shall not be deemed the extension of a nonconforming use. A building arranged, designed or devoted to a nonconforming use at the time of the passage of this section (May 20, 1935) may not be reconstructed or structurally altered to an extent exceeding in aggregate cost, during any ten year period, sixty percent of the assessed value of the building unless the use of the building is changed to a conforming use. A nonconforming use may not be changed unless changed to a higher use. A nonconforming use if changed to a conforming use may not thereafter be changed back to any nonconforming use. A nonconforming use if changed to a higher nonconforming use may not thereafter be changed unless to a still higher use. A nonconforming use included in a U-7 use class shall not be changed unless changed to a conforming use. In a U-1, U-2 or U-3 District a nonconforming use included in a Local Business District or a U-5 or U-6 use class shall not be changed unless changed to a conforming use. For the purposes of this Code, a use shall be deemed to be changed if changed from a use included in a subdivision of a use class to a use not included in such subdivision. For the purposes of this Code, a nonconforming use shall be deemed to be changed to a higher use if the use to which such nonconforming use is changed is a use included in a subdivision of a use class that in the arrangement of classes and subdivisions in the classification of uses precedes the subdivision in which such nonconforming use is included.

(Ord. 159. Passed 5-20-35; Ord. 960. Passed 7-18-66.)