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§78-46 ORONO CITY CODE for any person to proceed thereafter with such uses, and to specify those requirements, work or use without having obtained a new cer- circumstances and conditions under which tificate. nonconforming structures and uses will (c) Application for occupancy certificate. Every be operated and maintained. The Zoning application for a building permit to erect a new Code establishes zoning districts and spe- building or to make a major alteration shall be cific uses which are permitted within each deemed to be an application for an occupancy district. It is necessary and consistent certificate. Every application for an occupancy with the establishment of these districts certificate for a use of land where no building that nonconforming structures and uses permit is required shall be made directly to the not be permitted to continue without re- zoning administrator. striction. (2) Effective date. Any structure or use law- (d) Issuance of occupancy certificate. An occu- fully existing upon the effective date of panty certificate shall be approved within ten this section shall not be, enlarged, ex- days after construction has been completed, the panded, extended, or altered in any man- premises inspected and certified to be in confor- ner which increases its nonconformity, mance with the provisions of this chapter. Where but may be continued at the size and in vacant land or change in the use of occupancy of the manner of operation existing upon an existing building, or for change in a noncon- such date except as hereinafter specified forming use is involved, the certificate of occu- or, subsequently amended. Any land or panty shall be approved as soon as the zoning buildings which were actually and legally administrator has examined the premises and devoted to a nonconforming use on Janu- determined that the requirements of this chapter ary 1, 1975, and which were thereafter will be met. specifically allowed to continue said non- e) Occupancy certificate required for noncon- conforming use under the terms of a con- forming use. Application for such occupancy cer- ditional use permit issued by the city tificate for all lawful nonconforming uses or build- council, shall be allowed to continue un- ings created by the adoption of this chapter shall der the terms of said conditional use per- be filed with the zoning administrator by the mit• owner or lessee by January 1, 1976. The zoning (3) Safety repairs.Nothing in the Zoning Code administrator shall approve a certificate of occu- shall prevent the placing of a structure in pancy for a nonconforming use. Failure to apply safe condition when said structure is de- for such occupancy certificate will be prima facie clared unsafe by the building official. evidence that such nonconforming use was either illegal or did not lawfully exist on January 1, (b) Nonconforming uses. 1975. (Code 1984, § 10.07(1 -(5)) (1) Change to conforming use.When any law- ful nonconforming use of any structure or land in any district has been changed to a Secs. 78-47-78-70. Reserved. conforming use, it shall not thereafter be changed to any nonconforming use. DIVISION 2. NONCONFORMING USES AND (2) Change to new nonconforming use. An RELATED MATTERS existing nonconforming use may not be changed to another nonconforming use. Sec. 78-71. Nonconforming structures and uses. (3) Relocation of nonconforming use. (a) General provisions. a. No nonconforming use shall be moved to another lot or to any other part of (1) Purpose. It is the purpose of this section to the parcel of land upon which the regulate nonconforming structures and same was conducted at the time of Supp.No.9 CD78:28