When the applicable district regulations do not allow an existing use of part or all of a building or other structure, or an existing use of land not involving a building or structure, such existing use may be continued according to regulations which follow:
A. Change:
1. A nonconforming use of a building or other structure, all or substantially all of which was designed or intended for a use which is not permitted in the district of which it is located, shall not be changed to any use other than one permitted in the district in which the land is located. When a nonconforming use has been changed to a permitted use, it shall not thereafter be changed back to a nonconforming use.
2. The nonconforming use of land, not involving a building or structure, or in connection with which any building or structure thereon is incidental or accessory to the principal use of land, shall not be changed to any other use, except to a use permitted in the district in which the land is located.
3. A nonconforming use in effect at the time an amendatory ordinance becomes effective shall be discontinued and not reestablished, except when the provisions of the amendatory ordinance find the use to be conforming to the district in which it is located.
B. Discontinuance: In the event that operation of a nonconforming use of land, building or structure is discontinued for twelve (12) months, such nonconforming use shall not be reestablished, and any subsequent use or occupancy of such land shall conform to the regulations of the district in which it is located. The owner's intent to resume active operation shall not affect the foregoing restriction.
C. Nonconforming Accessory Uses: No nonconforming accessory use shall continue after the principal use, to which it is subordinate, has been abolished. (Ord. 2011-07-05B, 7-5-2011)