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TOWN OF VERNON
ZONING REGULATIONS
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 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 nonconforming
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 a year of
non-use unless the property owners can show that they intended
not to abandon the use and that they had a reason for such non-use
for such year period.
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 nonconforming
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.
11.4 The operative date of the regulations for the purpose of establishing nonconformance
status is July 1, 1965, the effective date of consolidation of the
Town of Vernon.
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