If a lawful use involving individual structures and/or the use of land, exists at the effective date of adoption or amendment of this chapter that would not be allowed in the district or under the terms of this chapter the prior use may be continued so long as it remains otherwise lawful, subject to the following provisions.
(A) No existing structure devoted to use not permitted by this chapter 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 non-conforming use may be extended throughout any parts of a building which were manifestly arranged or designed for such use at the time of adoption or amendment of this chapter, but no such use shall be extended to occupy any land outside such building.
(C) Any structure, or structure and land in combination, in or on which a non-conforming use is superseded by a permitted use, shall thereafter conform to the regulations for the district, and the non- conforming use may not thereafter be resumed.
(D) When a non-conforming use of a structure, or structure and land in combination is discontinued or abandoned for more than one year (except when government action impedes access to the premises), the structure or structure and land in combination, shall not thereafter be used, except in conformity with the regulations of the district in which it is located.
(E) Where non-conforming use status applies to a structure and land in combination, removal or destruction of the structure shall eliminate the non-conforming status of the land.
(Ord. passed 9-26-2006)