Non-conformities may be incompatible with and detrimental to permitted land uses and structures; they may inhibit present and future development of nearby properties in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan; and they confer upon their owners and users a position of unfair advantage. Therefore, non-conformities are never to be expanded and should be abolished or minimized as quickly as the fair interest of the parties will permit to prohibit the creation of a nuisance. A use shall be considered a legal non-conformity provided the following circumstances are satisfied:

The lawful use of any building, structure or land existing at the time of the enactment of these regulations may be continued, although such use does not conform with the provisions of these regulations, provided the following conditions are met:

Ordinary Repair And Maintenance. Maintenance and minor repairs necessary to keep a non-conforming building in sound condition, as may be required by law, shall be permitted. However, these regulations shall never be construed to allow an addition to a non-conforming use.

Major Rehabilitation Or Structural Alterations. A non-conforming structure or structures devoted in whole or in part to a non-conforming use shall not be extensively renovated, remodeled, rehabilitated nor shall the structural systems of the building be altered, unless the entire structure and use of the structure shall thereafter conform to all provisions of this Chapter and of the zoning district in which the use is located.

Damage, Decay, Destruction. In the event that any non-conforming structure or any structure devoted in whole or in part to a non-conforming use is extensively damaged or becomes extensively deteriorated or is destroyed by any means to an extent greater than seventy-five percent (75%) of its fair market value, such structure shall not be restored except in conformity with all and applicable provisions of this Chapter, including the regulations of the zoning district in which the building is situated.

Extension. A non-conforming structure or use shall not be extended, expanded or enlarged or intensified.

Moving. No non-conforming structure or structure that is devoted in whole or in part to a non-conforming use shall be moved in the whole or in part for any distance whatsoever, to any location in the City of Desloge on the same or any other lot, unless the entire structure and use thereof shall thereafter conform to all provisions of the zoning district in which it is located after being so moved.

Change In Use. A non-conforming use shall not be changed to any use other than a use permitted in the zoning district in which the use is located. When a non-conforming use has been changed to any permitted use, it shall not thereafter be changed back to a non-conforming use.

Non-Conforming Accessory Uses. No use which is accessory to a principal non-conforming use shall continue after such principal non-conforming use shall cease or terminate.

Mobile Homes. All mobile homes not located in the "R-4" Manufactured Home District shall be considered non-conforming. A lawfully existing mobile home may be removed from the premises at any time, however under no circumstances can another mobile home be moved onto the property in its place or in addition to the original mobile home.

Any non-conforming use which has been abandoned shall not thereafter be re-established. Any structure or land or structure and land in combination, which was formerly devoted to a non-conforming use which has been abandoned, shall not again be devoted to any use other than those uses which are permitted in the district in which the structure or land or structure and land in combination is situated.

The term "abandonment," as used herein, shall mean the voluntary discontinuance of a use, when accompanied by intent not to re-establish such use. Any one (1) of the following shall constitute prima facie evidence of intent to abandon: