Any lawful nonconforming structures existing at the time of
the adoption or amendment of this chapter may be continued, although
its size or location does not conform with the lot width, lot area,
yard, height, parking and loading, and access provisions of this chapter.
However, it shall not be extended, enlarged, reconstructed, moved
or structurally altered except when required to do so by law or order
or so as to comply with the provisions of this chapter.
Once a nonconforming use or structure has been changed to conform,
it shall not revert back to a nonconforming use or structure. Once
the Village Board has permitted the substitution of a more restrictive
nonconforming use for an existing nonconforming use, the substituted
use shall lose its status as a legal nonconforming use and become
subject to all the conditions required by the Village Board.
In any residential district, structures may be erected on any legal lot of record prior to the effective date of this Code provided that the area, the width and the depth of such existing lot shall be no less than 80% of the required minimum set forth in §§
520-20 through
520-25 of this chapter.
Pursuant to § 62.23(7)(hc), Wis. Stats., a nonconforming
structure damaged or destroyed by violent wind, vandalism, fire, flood,
ice, snow, mold or infestation after March 2, 2006, may be restored
to the size, location, and use that it had immediately before the
damage or destruction occurred, and no limits may be imposed on the
costs of the repair, reconstruction, or improvement of said structure.
The size of the restored structure may be larger than the size it
was immediately before the damage or destruction if necessary for
the structure to comply with applicable state or federal requirements.