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Vernon City Zoning Code

SECTION 11

NON-CONFORMING USES AND BUILDINGS

11.1 - Requirements, non-conforming use.

11.1.1

Any building or use lawfully existing at the time of adoption or subsequent amendment of these regulations which does not conform to the requirements for the zone in which it is located may be continued subject to compliance with the following conditions:

11.1.1.1

Such non-conforming use may not be changed to another non- conforming use without a Special Exception from the Zoning Board of Appeals, and then only to use equally or more nearly in conformity.

11.1.1.2

Such non-conforming use shall not be re-established after three (3) months of non-use unless the property owners can show that they intended not to abandon the use.

11.2 - Any use of a building or structure having within it a non-conforming use shall not be:

11.2.1

Extended or enlarged.

11.2.2

Rebuilt or restored at the same location and again used after damage by fire, explosion or other catastrophe exceeding eighty (80) percent of its fair market value immediately prior to damage. Application for a permit to rebuild or restore the damaged portion shall be filed within six (6) months of damage.

11.3 - Requirements, non-conforming lots/building.

Any building which is on a non-conforming lot by reason of inadequate lot width, lot area, yards or floor area may be altered, enlarged, extended or rebuilt provided such enlargement meets the yard and height requirements or, as a variance by the Zoning Board of Appeals, any enlargement may extend into the required yards a distance not greater than the existing building.