§ 16-476. Change in kind of nonconforming use.

(a)

A nonconforming use may be changed to a conforming use. Thereafter, the property may not revert to a nonconforming use.

(b)

A nonconforming use may be changed to another nonconforming use only in accordance with approval issued by the board of adjustment. The board shall issue such approval if it finds that the proposed use will be more compatible with the surrounding neighborhood than the use in operation at the time the approval is applied for. If a nonconforming use is changed to any use other than a conforming use without obtaining approval pursuant to this subsection, that change shall constitute a discontinuance of the nonconforming use, and the property involved may thereafter be used only for conforming purposes. A nonconforming accessory use or building may only be changed to another nonconforming accessory use or building in accordance with approval issued by the board of adjustment.

(c)

If a nonconforming use and a conforming use, or any combination of a conforming and nonconforming uses, any combination of nonconforming uses exists in one lot, the use made of the property may be changed substantially (except to a conforming use), only in accordance with approval issued by the board of adjustment. The board shall issue such approval if it finds that the proposed use will be more compatible with the surrounding neighborhood than the use of combination of uses in operation at the time the approval is applied for.

(Ord. No. 95-008, § 11.5, 12-13-1995)