Any nonconforming use which existed at the time
of the passage 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, subject to the following
regulations:
A. The structural alterations may be made in such buildings
but shall in total not exceed 50% of the fair market value of the
building unless the use thereof is changed to a conforming use. Such
alterations shall not change the extent, the use or uses of the various
portions of the premises, except that a conforming use may be extended
at the expense of a nonconforming use.
B. No nonconforming use shall extend at the expense of
a conforming use.
C. A nonconforming use shall not be changed unless changed
to a conforming use. A nonconforming use changed to a conforming use
may not hereafter be changed back to a nonconforming use.
D. No additions shall be permitted to the premises, including
grounds and buildings, of any nonconforming use property, except such
additions as shall be conforming.
Nothing herein contained shall require any change
in the plan, construction or designated use of a building for which
a building permit has been heretofore issued or plans for which are
on file with the Building Inspector at the time of the passage of
this chapter, and which entire building shall have been completed,
according to such plans as filed, within one year from the date of
the passage of this chapter.
Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the restoration
of a building destroyed by fire, explosion, act of God or act of public
enemy. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the restoration of a
wall declared unsafe by the Building Inspector.