[Amended 10-21-2002 by L.L. No. 3-2002]
Any building or use legally existing on the effective date of this chapter and permitted by the Building Zone Ordinance in effect immediately prior to that date, although not conforming to the other provisions of this chapter, may be continued subject to compliance with § 205-64 of this chapter and subject to the following conditions.
A. 
No such building which is nonconforming with respect to height, area, location on the lot, or setback from any lot line shall be enlarged or altered in such manner as to increase any nonconformity, subject to the provisions of § 205-64 of this chapter.
B. 
No such building which is nonconforming with respect to use shall be enlarged, nor shall it be altered structurally, except as may be allowed by law or ordinance.
C. 
No such nonconforming use shall be enlarged or extended, nor shall it be changed to another nonconforming use.
D. 
No such nonconforming building or use, if changed to a building or use which conforms to the provisions of this chapter, shall thereafter be changed to a nonconforming use or building.
E. 
No such nonconforming use, if discontinued for six months or longer, shall be resumed.
F. 
No such nonconforming use or its building, if 50% or more of the assessed value thereof is destroyed due to any cause, shall be restored in nonconforming form or location or for the continuance of a nonconforming use.
G. 
If a nonconforming building containing a permitted use is destroyed accidentally due to fire, explosion or any other cause, or in need of repair, it may be restored in substantially the same form and location, but without enlargement.
[Amended 6-28-1989 by L.L. No. 4-1989; 10-21-2002 by L.L. No. 3-2002]
A. 
In the case of a lot on which there stands, on the effective date of this chapter or any subsequent amendment, a dwelling or other principal building which conformed to the Building Zone Ordinance in effect at the time it was legally created and which lot shall not at any time on or after the effective date it was legally created have been reduced in area or in any dimension and the perimeter per unit area of which lot shall not have been increased, then such lot and building shall be considered a preexisting nonconforming lot and building and may continue to be used and maintained. However, no addition, enlargement or alteration of the building shall be permitted unless such change complies with all the other requirements of this Chapter 205.
B. 
In the case of an unimproved lot in single and separate ownership on the effective date of this chapter or any subsequent amendment, which lot conformed to the Building Zone Ordinance in effect at the time it was legally created and which lot shall not at any time on or after the effective date of its legal creation be reduced in area or in any dimension and the perimeter per unit area of which shall not have been increased, then such lot shall be considered a preexisting nonconforming lot and may be improved upon. However, the proposed structure and its location must comply with all the other requirements of this Chapter 205.
[Amended 6-28-1989 by L.L. No. 4-1989; 10-21-2002 by L.L. No. 3-2002]
No improved lot shall be reduced in area or changed in any dimension unless the lot so reduced conforms to all requirements of this Chapter 205.