This Zoning Code establishes separate districts, each of which is an appropriate area for the location of the uses which are permitted in that district. Within each established district, as well as those which may be established by future amendments, there are and will be lots, uses of lands, structures, and uses of structures and land in combination, which were lawful before this Zoning Code was passed or amended, but which would be prohibited, regulated or restricted under the terms of this Zoning Code or future amendments. Since such nonconformities are deemed incompatible with the districts in which they are located, it is the intent of this chapter to specify those circumstances and conditions under which such nonconformities shall be permitted to continue, but not to encourage their survival. Rather, it is the intent of this Zoning Code to encourage either the conversion of nonconforming uses into conforming uses as soon as reasonably possible or their eventual and equitable elimination.
(Ord. 2712. Passed 8-1-78.)