(A) On any building devoted in whole or in part to any non-conforming use, work may be done in any period of 12-consecutive months in the nature of ordinary repair or replacement of non-bearing walls, fixtures, wiring, or plumbing to an extent not to exceed 50% of the assessed value of the building, provided that the cubic content of the building as it existed at the time of passage or amendment of this subchapter shall not be increased. Nothing in this subchapter shall be deemed to prevent the strengthening or restoring to a safe condition of any building or part thereof declared to be unsafe by any official charged with protecting the public safety, upon the order of such official.
(B) In the event that a building has been destroyed by fire or other calamity, the building may maintain its non-conforming use status if the building is rebuilt on the same footprint as the destroyed building within 12 months of the date of the calamity.
(Prior Code, § 1284.02) (Ord. passed 11-12-2009)