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-60- 2. When necessary to promote the general welfare and to protect the character of the surrounding property. B. Nonconforming structures: Where a lawful structure exists at the effective date of adoption or amendment of this ordinance that could not be built under the terms of this ordinance by reason of restrictions on area, lot coverage, height, yards, its locations on the lot, or other requirements concerning the structure, such structurE may be continued as long as it remains otherwise lawful, subject to the following provisions: 1. No such nonconforming structure may be enlarged or altered in a way which increases its structural nonconformity, but any structure or portion there- of may be altered to decrease its structural non- conformity. 2. Should such nonconforming structure or nonconforming portions of a structure be damaged by any means to an extent of more than fifty (50) per cent of its replacement cost at the time of destruction, it shall not be reconstructed except in conformity with this ordinance. 3. Should such structure be moved for any reason for any distance whatsoever, it shall thereafter conform to the regulations of the district in which it is located after it is moved. C. Nonconforming uses of structures or of structures and premises in combination: If a permitted use involving individual structures with a replacement cost of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more, or of structure-and- land combination exists at the effective date of adoption or amendment of this ordinance that would not be allowed 1n the district under the terms of this ordinance, the use may be continued as long as it remains otherwise lawful, subject to the following provisions, unless the City exerC1ses its right to discontinue such use on an amortization basis: 1. No existing structure devoted to a use not permitted by this ordinance 1n the district in which it is located shall be enlarged, extended, constructed, reconstructed, moved or structurally altered. 2. The use of the structure shall only be changed to a use permitted in the district in which it 1S located. 3. Any nonconforming use may be extended throughout any parts of a building which were manifestly arranged or designed for such use at the time of adoption or amendment of this ordinance, but no such use shall be extended to occupy any land outside such building. 4. When a nonconforming structure-and-land combination . , 1n which a nonconforming use is converted to a permitted use or is discontinued or abandoned for six (6) consecutive months or for eighteen (18) months during any three-year period (except when government action impedes access to the premises), the structure or structure-and-land combination shall not thereafter be used except in conformity with the regulations of the district in which it is located.