A. A legal use of a structure, land, or of a structure and land in combination, existing at the effective date of adoption or amendment of the ordinances codified in this title, may be continued so long as it remains otherwise legal.

B. Structures containing nonconforming residential uses, located in a nonresidential zoning district, may be expanded as long as the entire structure meets, at a minimum, the parking and building code requirements for office or retail use.

C. Structures containing nonconforming residential uses, located in a residential zoning district, may only be expanded if the nonconforming use of the structure is eliminated.

D. Structures containing nonconforming nonresidential uses may not be expanded.

E. Ordinary repairs including the repair or replacement of walls, doors, windows, roof, fixtures, wiring, and plumbing may be made to structures containing nonconforming residential uses.

F. Ordinary maintenance including the repair of walls, doors, windows, roof, fixtures, wiring, and plumbing may be made to structures containing nonconforming nonresidential uses.

G. When the nonconforming use of a structure, land, or structure and land in combination is voluntarily discontinued or abandoned for one year or more, the structure, or structure and land in combination, shall not thereafter be used except in conformance with the regulations of the district in which it is located. Where nonconforming use status applies to a structure and land in combination, removal or destruction of the structure shall extinguish the nonconforming use of the land. [Ord. FY2016-04 §2, 2015; Ord. 97-09 §2, 1997. Formerly §17.36.050].