If a lawful use involving individual structures, or a structure and land in combination, exists on the effective date of this chapter (Ordinance 76-31, passed June 21, 1976) that would not be allowed in the district under this Zoning Code, the lawful use may be continued so long as it remains otherwise lawful, subject to the following provisions:
(a) No existing structure devoted to a use not permitted by this Zoning Code in the district in which it is located shall be enlarged, extended, constructed, reconstructed, moved or structurally altered, except in changing the use of the structure to a use permitted in the district in which it is located.
(b) Any nonconforming use may be extended throughout any part of a building which was manifestly arranged or designed for such use at the time of adoption of this chapter (Ordinance 76-31, passed June 21, 1976), but no such use shall be extended to occupy any land outside such building.
(c) Any structure, or a structure and land in combination, in or on which a nonconforming use is superseded by a permitted use, shall thereafter conform to the regulations for the district in which it is located and the nonconforming use may not thereafter be resumed.
(d) When a nonconforming use of a structure, or a structure and land in combination, is discontinued or abandoned for more than one year (except when government action impedes access to the premises), the structure or structure and land in combination shall not thereafter be used, except in conformity with the regulations of the district in which it is located.
(Ord. 76-31. Passed 6-21-76.)
(e) Where a nonconforming use status applies to a structure and land in combination, damage, destruction, alteration or removal of the structure, totaling fifty percent or more of the appraised value of the structure at the time of the destruction, shall eliminate the nonconforming status of the land, and such structure, the land or the structure and land in combination shall thereafter conform to the regulations for the district in which they are located and the nonconforming use may not thereafter be resumed.
(Ord. 00-3. Passed 5-1-00.)