(A) No building or structure or part thereof shall be erected, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, moved or structurally altered; and no building structure or land shall hereafter be used, occupied or arranged or designed for use or occupancy; nor shall any excavating or grading be commenced in connection with any of the above matters, except as permitted by the regulations herein which are applicable to the zoning district in which such building, structure or land is located.
(B) Except as may otherwise be provided, all structural alterations or relocations of existing buildings occurring hereafter, and all enlargements of or additions to existing uses occurring hereafter, shall be subject to all regulations herein which are applicable to the zoning district in which such buildings, uses or land shall be located.
(C) (1) Where a structure and use thereof of land lawfully exists on 4-30-1988, and is classified by this chapter as a special use in the district where it is located, such use shall be considered a lawful special use.
(2) A special use permit issued in accordance with procedures herein set forth shall be required only for any expansion or major alteration of any such existing special use.
(3) If an existing special use ceases for a period of more than six months, the special use can only be re-established under the provisions of § 154.213 of this code of ordinances.
(D) Any legally established building, structure or use may continue subject to the provisions hereof.
(E) Any lot of record existing on 4-30-1988 which is unable to meet the requirements of this chapter as to lot area, lot width and yard requirements shall only be used in accordance with the provisions hereof.
(Prior Code, § 20-114) (Ord. 1699, passed 3-17-2014)