(a) No change of a nonconforming use shall be made to a less restricted use.
(b) Ordinary repairs, replacement of non-bearing walls, fixtures, wiring or plumbing, to an extent not exceeding twenty-five percent (25%) of the building's assessed value, according to the assessments of the County Auditor of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, shall be permitted to a nonconforming use or building provided such repair and maintenance is completed within any consecutive twenty-four (24) month period. Any part of a nonconforming building declared to be unsafe by the Building Commissioner and required by him/her to be strengthened or restored to a safe condition shall be permitted to be strengthened or restored to a safe condition.
(c) No structural change shall be made in a nonconforming building, except as provided in subsection (b) hereof, unless it is changed to a conforming building and use or unless the change is approved by the Building Commissioner upon finding that the change is in the direction of conformity and will not extend unduly the life of an objectionable nonconforming use in the neighborhood.
(d) So long as no structural alterations are made, except as required by enforcement of other codes or ordinances, any nonconforming use may, upon appeal to, and approval by the Board of Zoning Appeals, be changed to another nonconforming use of the same classification or less intense classification if the Board shall find that the use proposed for substitution is not more injurious to neighborhood safety and property values than the existing use. In permitting such change, the Board may require additional conditions and safeguards be met, which requirements shall pertain as stipulated conditions to the approval of such change.
(Ord. 2017-49. Passed 12-5-17.)