A property owner has a constitutional right to continue a lawful preexisting nonconforming condition and the Zoning Officer(s) shall issue to a property owner a zoning permit for any lawful preexisting nonconformity so long as the property owner can prove to the zoning officer that the lot, use or structure was lawfully in existence as of the time of the enactment of the ordinance with which the lot, use or structure is in violation. Once a zoning permit has been issued for the preexisting nonconformity, the nonconformity can continue until it is abandoned.
A. A preexisting nonconforming condition for which a zoning permit is issued creates a vested property right that shall run with the land, not the owner.
B. Uses and structures that do not comply with this Chapter
200 and that have no vested non-conforming rights are illegal and are required to be removed or converted to a conforming use and/or structure.
