Subject to the limitations set forth in this Article, nonconforming uses, nonconforming features and nonconforming buildings may continue. The terms "nonconforming use," "nonconforming feature" and "nonconforming building" shall have such meanings as specified in §
171-8 of this chapter.
No nonconforming use shall be extended, enlarged
or moved so as to occupy a different or greater area of land or buildings
than was occupied by and actively devoted to such use at the time
it became nonconforming, provided that a nonconforming use may be
extended throughout such portion of land or such part of a building
which was lawfully arranged, designed, equipped and intended for such
use at the time it became nonconforming.
No building or portion of a building devoted
to a nonconforming use shall be enlarged, extended, structurally altered,
reconstructed or moved, unless such building or portion of a building
is thereafter devoted to a use which conforms with the use regulations
of this chapter. Nothing in this Article shall be construed to prohibit
normal repair, maintenance or incidental alteration of a building
or the alteration, strengthening or restoring of a building to safe
condition as may be required by law.
Intermittent, temporary or illegal use of land
or buildings shall not be construed to establish the existence of
a nonconforming use for the purposes of this Article.
[Added 12-9-1996; amended 3-25-2013]
Removal and replacement of a manufactured home
which constitutes a nonconforming use on an individual lot or within
a manufactured home park or removal of any manufactured or mobile
home unit which does not conform to current Federal Manufactured Housing
Construction and Safety Standards and not Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) approved and manufactured in 1980 and prior and replacement
of such unit with a manufactured home which conforms to said standards
shall be permitted, provided the replacement takes place within 60
days of removal.