(A) The provisions of this subchapter shall apply to all nonconforming situations as defined herein. Establishment of any use or development of land after the effective date of this chapter or amendment thereto, which does not comply with the regulations contained in this chapter or amendment thereto, shall be considered a violation of this chapter and not a nonconforming situation.
(B) A nonconforming situation shall not be deemed to have existed on the effective date of this chapter or amendment thereto, unless:
(1) At the time of its creation it was valid;
(2) It was in existence on a continuous basis and to its fullest extent on such date; and
(3) If such nonconforming situation is a use, such use had not been discontinued, as herein defined, on such date.
(Ord. 834, passed 2-1-2001)