The following provisions shall apply to all buildings, structures
and uses existing on the effective date of this chapter, to all buildings
and uses that may become nonconforming by reason of any subsequent
amendment to this chapter and the Zoning District Map which is a part
thereof, and to all conforming buildings housing nonconforming uses.
Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to prevent
normal repair and maintenance of or structural alteration within a
nonconforming structure, provided that such action does not increase
the degree of or create any new nonconformity. Further, any nonconforming
structure declared unsafe by the Code Enforcement Officer or other
proper authority may be restored to a proper condition within the
time period provided by such authority.
Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to prevent
the restoration of a lawful nonconforming use, after damage for any
reason or by any cause, provided that the bulk, height and area shall
not be in excess of that which existed prior to damage, that all applicable
New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code provisions
be fully complied with and that the restoration be commenced within
six months of the damage and be fully completed within two calendar
years of such occurrence.
In districts where new mobile homes are not allowed, a mobile
home inhabited as of the effective date of this section shall be deemed
a lawful, nonconforming use, provided that it continues to be at the
same location it occupies on the effective date of this section. A
mobile home that has been abandoned for more than two years in a district
that does not allow new mobile homes shall not be replaced.