No nonconforming use of a structure may extend to any part of the structure which was not manifestly arranged or designed for such use at the time of adoption of this title; and no such use shall be extended to occupy any land outside the structure. Moreover, said structure shall not be enlarged, extended, constructed, reconstructed, moved or structurally altered except for a permitted use.
(A) Forfeiture by non-use. No nonconforming use of a structure shall continue if it is discontinued for 12 consecutive months; any use thereafter shall be a use permitted in the zoning district.
(B) Change in use. If no structural alterations are made, any nonconforming use of structure may be changed to another nonconforming use of the same nature, or to a more restricted use, or to a conforming use. A change to a more restricted use or to another nonconforming use may be made only if a conditional use permit is obtained. In addition to the other requirements of a CUP, such permit will be granted only if the relation of the land to surrounding property is such that will not adversely affect neighboring property and/or it’s occupants to any greater degree than if the original nonconforming use had continued. Once changed to a conforming use, no structure shall be permitted to revert to a non- conforming use.
(C) Repairs and maintenance. On any building devoted in whole or in part to any nonconforming use, work may be done in any period of 12 consecutive months on ordinary repairs, or on repair or replacement of non-bearing walls, fixtures, wiring or plumbing, to an extent not exceeding 10% of the current replacement value of the building, provided that the cubic content of the building as it existed at the time of the effective date of this title shall not be increased.
('69 Code, § 7-27.02) (Am. Ord. 942, passed 10-14-02; Am. Ord. 1102, passed 12-12-16) Penalty, see § 155.999