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Section 21-01.03 <br />Nonconforming Lots, Uses, Buildings, Structures or Signs <br />Section 21-01.03 Nonconforming Lots, Uses, Buildings, Structures or <br />Signs. <br />(a) Intent <br />Within the districts established by this Ordinance, there exist: <br />(1) nonconforming lots of record; <br />(2) nonconforming buildings or structures; <br />(3) nonconforming uses of land; <br />(4) nonconforming uses within nonconforming buildings or structures; and, <br />(5) nonconforming signs <br />which were legally established prior to the effective date of this Ordinance, but which <br />would be prohibited, regulated or restricted under the provisions of this Ordinance. It is <br />the intent of this Ordinance to permit these legally established nonconforming lots of <br />record, buildings, structures, uses and signs to continue until they are removed, but not to <br />encourage their survival. It is further the intent of this Ordinance that legally established <br />nonconforming buildings, structures, uses and signs shall not: (a) be enlarged upon, <br />expanded or extended; or, (b) be used as grounds for adding other buildings, structures, <br />uses or signs which are prohibited elsewhere in the same district. <br />Nonconforming lots of record, nonconforming buildings or structures, nonconforming <br />uses of land, nonconforming uses within nonconforming buildings or structures, and <br />nonconforming signs that are either illegal or not legally established on the effective date <br />of this Ordinance shall not become legally established by virtue of the enactment of this <br />Ordinance. <br />Nonconforming lots of record, nonconforming buildings or structures, nonconforming <br />uses of land, nonconforming uses within nonconforming buildings or structures, and <br />nonconforming signs which are in full compliance with the regulations of this Ordinance <br />pertaining to the permitted uses and development standards of the district to which the <br />real estate is zoned shall, after the effective date of this Ordinance, be considered <br />validated as conforming lots of record, buildings, structures, uses and signs for the <br />purposes of interpreting and applying this Ordinance. <br />Ord. No.: 9495-04 <br />