A. The city recognizes that between January 17, 1978, and January 27, 2004 (the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter), the city annexed areas into the city and the city also increased zoning restrictions on some parcels inside the city. As such, this title or certain increased restrictions therein may have become applicable to those structures, uses of land and structures and characteristics of use after January 17, 1978, but this chapter may not have been expressly available for them. Technically, these structures, uses of land and structures and characteristics of use may not have been considered legal under this title. The purpose of this section is to cure such oversight and to apply nonconforming use status to those above-described structures, uses of land and structures and characteristics of use; provided, that the status otherwise applies to them.

B. This chapter shall apply to those structures, uses of land and structures and characteristics of use described in subsection (A) of this section so that they are considered nonconforming; provided, that they were lawful at the time this title or the increased restrictions first applied to them; and provided further, that they have otherwise continued to meet the requirements of this chapter. (Ord. 609 § 5, 2004)