Authority To Continue. The lawful use of any building, structure or land existing at the effective date of this Chapter, April 25, 2006, may be continued although such use does not conform with the provisions of this Chapter.

Repairs And Maintenance. Repairs and alterations necessary for the general maintenance of a building or structure may be made to a non-conforming building or structure, provided that no structural alteration shall be made and further provided that this Section shall never be construed to allow an addition to a non-conforming building or structure. Structural alterations and/or additions may be allowed in the event that the entire use, building or structure is brought into conformance.

Damage Or Destruction. Any non-conforming building or structure which is damaged, partially or fully destroyed by fire, flood, wind, explosion, earthquake or other calamity or act of God, shall not be repaired or rebuilt or used for the same purpose if the expense of such repair or rebuilding exceeds sixty percent (60%) of the replacement costs of the building or structure at the time such damage took place. Any repair or replacement of a building or structure damaged in excess of sixty percent (60%) of its replacement cost at the time of such damage shall conform to all regulations of the zoning district in which it is located.

Change In Use. When no structural alterations are made in any building or structure devoted to a non-conforming use, the use of the building or structure may change from one (1) use to another use permitted in the zoning district in which the non-conforming use is allowed, provided that the uses are similar to one another and the proposed use is not more intense in terms of activity, traffic generation and impacts on surrounding property. At such time a non-conforming use changes to a conforming use, it shall not thereafter be changed back to a non-conforming use.

Abandonment Or Discontinuance. When a non-conforming use of land or of a building or structure is abandoned or vacant for a period of one (1) year, no portion of the building or structure may be used except in conformity with the regulations. This provision shall not apply to non-conforming buildings or structures that are for sale with the intent of same or similar use, nor shall it apply to buildings or structures which are being repaired in accordance with Subsection (B) above and further provided that such work proceeds and is completed in a timely fashion.

Expansions And Enlargement. No building or structure devoted in whole or part to a non-conforming use shall be enlarged or added to in any manner unless such building or structure and the use thereof shall thereafter conform to the regulations of the district in which it is located.

Except as hereinafter specified, farm animals, with the exception of chicken hens, maintained on any residential zoned property at the time of the effective date of the City of Fair Grove Zoning Regulations adopted on May 21, 1996, may continue as a legal, non-conforming use, subject to the following provisions: