(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)