§ 156.122 NON-CONFORMING USES OF STRUCTURES OR PREMISES.
   If a permitted use involving individual structures with a replacement cost of $1,000 or more, or of structure and land combination, exists at the effective date of adoption or amendment of this chapter, that would not be allowed in the district under the terms of this chapter, the use may be continued as long as it remains otherwise lawful, subject to the following provisions.
   (A)   No existing structure devoted to a use not permitted by this chapter in the district in which it is located shall be enlarged, extended, constructed, reconstructed, moved or structurally altered.
   (B)   The use of the structure shall only be changed to a use permitted in the district in which it is located.
   (C)   Any 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 and land outside such building.
   (D)   When a non-conforming structure and land combination, in which a non-conforming use is converted to a permitted use or is discontinued or abandoned for 180 consecutive calendar days, the structure or structure and land combination, shall not thereafter be used, except in conformity with the regulations of the district in which it is located.
   (E)   Any use existing on the effective date of this chapter which is listed as a conditional use in the district where it is located shall be and shall remain a non-conforming use until a conditional use permit is obtained as provided for in this chapter if such use is discontinued or abandoned for 180 consecutive calendar days the structure and shall not thereafter be used, except in conformity with the regulations of the district in which it is located.
   (F)   (1)   Where non-conforming use status applies to a structure or a structure and land combination, removal or destruction of the structure shall eliminate the non-conforming use status.
      (2)   DESTRUCTION, for the purpose of this division (F), is defined as damage to an extent or more than 50% of the replacement cost at the time of destruction.
(Ord. 2016-07, passed 8-9-2016)