§ 159.373 CHANGE IN NONCONFORMING USE.
   (a)   If no structural alterations or additions are made, a nonconforming use may be changed to another nonconforming use of the same or a more restrictive classification. For the purposes of this subchapter, each of the following classifications shall be considered to be “more restrictive” than those it precedes:
RC
Recreation/conservation
RR
Rural residential
RS-1
Residential
RS-2
Residential
RD
Residential
RA-1
Residential
C
Commercial
I-1
Light industrial
I-2
General industrial
 
   (b)   Whenever a nonconforming use has been changed to a more restrictive use or to a permitted use, the use shall not thereafter be changed to a less restrictive use.
(1992 Code, App. C, § 18.04) (Ord. 20-02, passed 3-18-2002)