Laketown City Zoning Code

A nonconforming building or structure may be maintained.

HISTORY:

Ord. A-1, 5-21-1981

Repairs and structural alterations may be made to a nonconforming building or to a building housing a nonconforming use. 

HISTORY:

Ord. A-1, 5-21-1981

A building or structure nonconforming as to use regulations shall not be added to or enlarged in any manner, unless such building or structure, including such additions and enlargements, is made to conform to all the regulations of the zone in which it is located, except as permitted by the board of adjustment. 

HISTORY:

Ord. A-1, 5-21-1981

A building or structure lacking sufficient automobile parking space in connection therewith as required by this title may be altered or enlarged, provided additional automobile parking space is supplied to meet the requirements of this title for such alteration or enlargement. 

HISTORY:

Ord. A-1, 5-21-1981

A nonconforming building or structure or a building or structure occupied by a nonconforming use which is damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, wind, earthquake or other calamity, or act of God or the public enemy, may be continued or resumed; provided, that such restoration is started within a period of one year and is diligently prosecuted to completion. 

HISTORY:

Ord. A-1 , 5-21-1981

A building or structure or portion thereof occupied by a nonconforming use, which is, or hereafter becomes, vacant and remains unoccupied for a continuous period of one year, except for dwellings, shall not thereafter be occupied except by a use which conforms to the use regulations of the zone in which it is located. 

HISTORY:

Ord. A-1, 5-21-1981

The occupancy of a building or structure by a nonconforming use, existing at the time the ordinance codified herein became effective, may be continued. 

HISTORY:

Ord. A-1, 5-21-1981

A vacant building or structure may be occupied by a use for which the building or structure was designed or intended if so occupied within a period of one year after the use became nonconforming. 

HISTORY:

Ord. A-1, 5-21-1981

The nonconforming use of a building or structure may not be changed except to a conforming use; but where such change is made, the use shall not thereafter be changed back to a nonconforming use.

HISTORY:

Ord. A-1, 5-21-1981

The nonconforming use of land, existing at the time the ordinance codified herein became effective, may be continued; provided, that no such nonconforming use of land shall in any way be expanded or extended either on the same or adjoining property; and provided, that if such nonconforming use of land, or any portion thereof, is abandoned or changed for a period of one year or more, any future use of such land shall be in conformity with the provisions of this title.

HISTORY:

Ord. A-1, 5-21 -1981