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I i PLYNOUTH ZOtllNG ORDINANCE SECTION 12 - NON-CONFORHING USES SUBDIVISION A - NON-CONFORHING RUILDIIICS AttP USES I 1. lhe lawful use of buildinqs or land existing at the effective date of thJ~ No Ordinance which does not ~onform to the provisions of this Ordinance may be an, continued; provlded~ however, that no such non-conforming use of land shall ed I or increase, nor shall any such non-conforming use be extended be enlarged to occupy a greater area of land than that occupied by such use at the tim. of the adoption of this Ordinance; nor shall any such non-conforming use be SU I moved to any other part of the parcel of land which upon the same was COn- dueted at the time of the adoption of this Ordinance. 2, Buildings found to be non-oonformlng only be reason of height, yard or are8 de I requirements shall be exempt from the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Sub- ev division, I SUBDIV]SION B - NOI4-CONrORHING ~UNK YARDS . . ... ~! SU I No Junk yard may continue as a non-conforming use for more than one (1) year Ma after the effective date of this Ordinance except that a junk yard may continue i ir , as a non-conforming use in an industrial district if within that period it Is I 'completely enclosed within a building~ fence, screen planting or other such height so as to screen completely the operations of the junk yard. devlCeplansOf o~ of such a building or device shall be approved by the Planntng Commission andI Nc I the City Council before it is erected or put into place, ti tt SUBDIVISION C - DISCONTINUANCE I In the event that a non-conforming use of any building or premises is discon- Sl ttnued or Its normal operation stopped for a period of one (1) year~ the use of cl I regulations of the Dlstrlct in which it the same shall thereafter conform to the is located. O] m SUBDIVISION D - ALTERATIONS The lawful use of a building existing at the time of the adoption of this Ordin- m ance may be continued, although such use does not conform with the provisions hereof. If no structural alterations are made, a non-conforming use of a build- lng may be changed to another non-conforming use of the same or more restricted m classification. The foregoing provislons shall also apply to non-conforming uses in districts hereafter changed. ~henever a non-conforming use of a build- lng has been changed to a more restricted use or to use.a conforming use~ such use m shall not thereafter be changed to a less restricted 12-1 I {Amended Ord. No, 8q-2q)