[Amended 12-13-1989 by L.L. No. 4-1989; 1-10-2024 by L.L. No. 6-2024]
Any nonconforming use existing at the time of
the adoption of this chapter may be continued, and any existing building
designed, arranged, intended or devoted to a nonconforming use may
be reconstructed or structurally altered, and the nonconforming use
therein changed, subject to the following regulation and limitations:
A. The alterations made in such building shall in no
case exceed 50% of the total floor area of the building, nor shall
the building be enlarged unless the use therein is changed to a conforming
use.
B. No nonconforming use shall be extended at the expense
of a conforming use.
C. No building or premises devoted to a use permitted
in a district of lower classification shall be changed to a use excluded
in such district of lower classification.
D. No nonconforming use if once changed to a use permitted
in the district in which it is located shall ever be changed back
to a nonconforming use.
E. If a nonconforming use is discontinued for more than
six months, such nonconforming classification shall be forfeited and
the building shall comply in such a manner as to conform to all the
provisions of the current Village Code and regulations in effect at
that time.