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(A) Any lawful nonconforming use existing on the date of this chapter may be continued, except that any nonconforming use or building may not be:
(1) Changed to another nonconforming use;
(2) Re-established after discontinuance for one year, or if it has been changed to be in conformity;
(3) Rebuilt after damage exceeding 50% of its fair market value; or
(4) Expanded or moved to a location so as to continue as a nonconforming use.
(B) Any structure which will, under this chapter, become nonconforming but for which a building permit has been lawfully granted prior to the effective date of this chapter or amendment thereof and continues to completion within one year shall thereafter be a legally existing nonconforming structure.
(C) Normal maintenance of a building or other structure containing or related to a lawful nonconforming use is permitted, including necessary nonstructural repairs and incidental alterations which do not extend or intensify the nonconforming use.
(D) Nonconforming agricultural uses are regulated in § 156.117 below.
(Ord. 134/94, passed 3-24-94)
(E) Any existing residential building constructed before January 1, 2001 and located in the B-1 Central Business district or the B-2 General Business District shall be allowed to rebuild, expand, or add accessory buildings, provided the zoning requirements stated for the R-2 Family Residential District are met.
(Ord. 325, passed 1-18-01)
All farm operations currently in existence that are under ten acres in size will be permitted to continue operation subject to the following conditions:
(A) Farming operations of less than ten acres, excepting commercial feed lots, are nonconforming uses in the district in which an existing operation is located, provided that any new building in which farm animals are kept shall be a distance of 100 feet or more from any other lot in any residential district.
(1) If the property currently has farm animals, it can continue to have farm animals under the nonconforming use ordinance.
(2) If the property is used only for crops, farm animals will not be allowed. The property is allowed to crop rotate and maintain crops as a nonconforming use.
(B) Limited sales of products produced may be conducted on the premises from a roadside stand, but the stand shall not exceed 12 feet in height or 500 square feet in floor area, and no portion of any stand shall be located or erected nearer than 40 feet from any street right-of-way.
(C) The city may require any farm operation to secure a conditional use permit to continue operation in the event the farming operations are so intensive as to constitute a feed lot or an industrial type use consisting of the compounding, processing, and packaging of products for wholesale or retail trade.
(D) Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to prevent the restoring to a safe condition any building or part thereof declared unsafe by the official charged with protecting the public safety, upon order of that official.
(Ord. 134/94, passed 3-24-94; Am. Ord. 483, passed 6-16-21) Penalty, see § 10.99
SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS
(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ANIMATED SIGN. A sign which includes action or motion.
BILLBOARD. A sign erected for the purpose of advertising a product, event, service, person or subject which is not entirely related to the premises on which the sign is located.
FLASHING SIGN. An illuminated sign which contains flashing lights or has notable changes in light intensity.
POLITICAL SIGN. A sign which includes the name or picture of an individual seeking election or appointment to public office, or pertaining to a forthcoming public election or referendum, or pertaining to or advocating political view or policies, which is erected on private property by a bona fide candidate for political office or by a person or group supporting such a candidate and which contains the name and address of the person or group responsible for the erection and removal of the sign.
REAL ESTATE SIGN. A sign pertaining to the sale, lease, or rental of the real estate upon which it is located.
SIGN. Any structure, device, advertisement, or visual representation intended to visually advertise, identify, or communicate information, or to visually attract the attention of the public for any purpose, unless located within a building and not visible from the exterior of the building, including any beacon or search light intended to attract the attention of the public for any purpose, and any structure or device the primary purpose of which is to illuminate, animate, or project a visual representation, but excluding official notices issued by any court or government body, notices posted by a public official in the performance of official duties, or traffic-control SIGNS established under governmental authority.
ZONED OR ZONING DISTRICTS. The zoning classification of a particular piece of property according to the comprehensive Zoning Map of the city.
(B) City Council. All appeals, permit authorizations, special exceptions, and variances as well as public welfare concerns such as determinations as required by § 156.135(G) shall be acted upon and determined solely by the Council.
(Ord. 310, passed 2-18-93)
A sign permit is necessary prior to the installation or remodeling of any sign, except those signs set forth in § 156.132 below. Application for a permit shall be submitted on a form to be provided by the City Building Inspector. All permit applications shall be accompanied by payment of a sign permit fee to the city in an amount designated in Chapter 34 of this code, which fee is in addition to any required building permit fee. The City Council may from time to time change the amount of the sign permit fee.
(Ord. 310, passed 2-18-93; Am. Ord. 453, passed 7-18-19)
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