Nothing contained in this Article shall require
any change in plans, construction or designated use of a building
or structure for which a building permit has heretofore been issued
and where actual construction has commenced and is diligently pursued
pursuant thereto.
[Amended 4-15-1991 by Ord. No. 565-C]
If any building or structure constituting a
nonconforming use or nonconforming building is destroyed by reason
of windstorm, fire, explosion or other act of God or the public enemy,
the building or structure may be rebuilt, restored or repaired to
its original dimensions.
Whenever the boundaries of a zone shall be changed
so as to transfer an area from one zone to another zone of a different
classification, this chapter shall also apply to any nonconforming
use existing therein or created thereby.
Any lot in the R-1 or R-2 Residential Zone which
was shown as a separate lot on the Tax Assessment Map prior to the
effective date of this chapter and which is nonconforming under this
chapter in respect to width, frontage or area and which has not, since
the passage of this chapter or any antecedent Zoning Ordinance, been
contiguous to other property under the same ownership may be used
for any use permitted in the zone in which the lot is located under
this chapter, provided that the use of such lot will not violate any
other requirements of Limiting Schedule B of this chapter.
Use variances existing at the time of passage
of this chapter or granted hereafter shall be recorded immediately
by the Zoning Officer on the Zoning Map.