§ 153.050  NONCONFORMING USES.
   (A)   A nonconforming use may be continued but may not be extended, expanded or changed unless to a conforming use, except as permitted by the Board of Zoning Appeals in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
   (B)   Any nonconforming structure damaged by fire, flood, explosion or other casualty may be reconstructed and used as before if the reconstruction is performed within 12 months of the casualty, and if the restored structure has no greater coverage and contains no greater cubic content than before the casualty.
   (C)   In the event that any nonconforming use, conducted in a structure or otherwise, ceases, for whatever reason, for a period of one year, or is abandoned for any period, the nonconforming use shall not be resumed.
   (D)   No nonconforming billboard or sign shall be modified to change the technology by adding tri-vision or changeable copy technology to a sign or board that, on October 9, 2007, had a flat face, changed by replacement of panels, posters or coverings on the sign.
(Ord. O-C-97-10, passed 12-22-1997; Ord. O-C-07-7, passed 10-9-2007)