If a lawful use involving individual structures, or of a structure and premises in combination, exists at the effective date of adoption or amendment of this Zoning Code (Ordinance 82-38, passed September 20, 1982) that would not be allowed in the district in which it is located under this Zoning Code, the lawful use may be continued so long as it remains otherwise lawful, subject to the following provisions:
(a) No existing structure devoted to a use not permitted by this Zoning Code in the district in which it is located shall be enlarged, extended, constructed, reconstructed, moved or structurally altered, except in changing the use of the structure to a use permitted in the district in which it is located.
(b) A nonconforming use may be extended throughout any part of a building which was manifestly arranged or designed for such use at the time of adoption or amendment of this Zoning Code (Ordinance 82-38, passed September 20, 1982), but no such use shall be extended to occupy any land outside such building.
(c) If no structural alterations are made, a nonconforming use of a structure, or a structure and premises in combination, may be changed to another less nonconforming use, provided that the Board of Appeals finds that the proposed use is equally appropriate or more appropriate, to the district in which the use is located than the existing nonconforming use. In permitting such change, the Board shall require appropriate conditions and safeguards in accordance with other provisions of this Zoning Code.
(d) A structure, or a structure and premises in combination, in or on which a nonconforming use is superseded by a permitted use, shall thereafter conform to the regulations for the district in which it is located, and the nonconforming use may not thereafter be resumed.
(e) When a nonconforming use of a structure, or a structure and premises in combination, is voluntarily discontinued or abandoned for more than six months, except when government action impedes access to the premises, the structure, or structure and premises in combination, shall not thereafter be used except in conformity with the regulations of the district in which it is located.
(f) Where nonconforming use status applies to a structure and premises in combination, removal or destruction of the structure shall eliminate the nonconforming status of the premises.
(Ord. 82-38. Passed 9-20-82.)