(a) The lawful use of a building or premises existing at the adoption of this Zoning Code may be continued, although such use does not conform to the regulations of the district in which it is maintained. An existing nonconforming use may be extended throughout a building, provided that no structural alterations are made. An existing nonconforming use of a building or premises in which a nonconforming use has been changed to a more restricted use shall again be devoted to a less restricted use.
(b) Wherever a nonconforming use of a building or portion thereof has been discontinued for a period of at least one year, such nonconforming use shall not thereafter be re-established and the future use shall be in conformity with the provisions of this Zoning Code.
This subsection, however, shall not apply to any discontinuance occurring by reason of a national emergency.
(c) Any nonconforming building or structure used as a dwelling, one family, dwelling, two family, dwelling, multifamily, or apartment house that is damaged by fire, explosion, flood or act of God may be reconstructed and used as before such calamity. Any other nonconforming building or structure damaged by fire, explosion, flood or act of God may be reconstructed and used as before such calamity, providing the building is not substantially destroyed.
(Ord. 2019-01. Passed 2-11-19.)