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PART VI - NON-CONFORMING BUILDINGS AND USES SECTION 9260. Non-Conforming Buildings and Uses. SECTION 9260.1. Maintenance. A non-conforming building or structure may be maintained, said maintenance to consist of repair work necessary to keep a building or structure in sound condition. SECTION 9260.2. Repair and Alteration. No non-conforming building and/or use shall be added to or enlarged or structurally altered in any manner unless such improvements conform in every respect to the provisions of the District in which it is located. SECTION 9260.3. Restoration of Damaged Buildings. A building or structure occupied by a non-conforming use and which is damaged or partially destroyed by fire, flood, wind, earthquake, explosion or ar5, other act of God, or by the public enemy, may be restored and the non-conforming use continued, provided tluat the cost of repair or restoration does not exceed 100% of the building~s or structure'sassossed value prior to the date of the damage. .~ne forego%rig shall not apply to public service structures and uses such as electric dSstribution and transmission substations, which are required to provide immediate and uninterr pted service to the general public, However, in the repair, alteration or restoration of an existing facility because of reasop~ set forth'he~einabove, there shall be no increase in the areas so used or change of use excepting as substantially existed as of the date the damage occurred. Any increase in size of facility or increase in area so used shall require the filing of the necessary Conditional Use Permit, Variance or Amendment Application as prescribed in this Chapter for an original installation of the type being repaired, altered or r~stored. SECTION 9260.4. Discontinuance of Non-Conforming Buildings and/or Use. If for a period of twelve (12) consecutive months a non-conforming building and/or use is vacant, unused or unoccupied by a non-conforming use, any subsequent use must conform in every respect to the provisions of the District in which it is located. SECTION 9260.5. Expansion of a Non-Conforming Building and/or Use. The non-conforming use of land and/or buildings shall not be expanded on ~he same or nearby property. A non-confox-~.~ng use shall not be expanded or extended into any other~ part of a conformin~g b. uild. ing. SECTION 9260.6. Change of a Non-Conforming Use. A non-conforming use of land and/or building shall be changed only to a similar use or a use p~rmitt6d in the Distmict in which s~id use is situated. Further said change in use shall not require conformance to the off-street parking provisions set- forth Chapt. or provided ther~ ~s ~o ~xterior ~tructural addition, or emlarge- ment~ however, in no case shall the area used for off-street parking, available at the time said use became non-conforming, be reduced. ~ECTION 9260.7. Additional Building on Lots of Non-Conforming Use. While a non-conforming use exists on any lot no other use of a more restricted classification shall be permitted even though such other use would otherwise be conforming. SECTION 9260.8. Completion of Buildings. Any building and/or structure for which a building permit has been issued prior to the adoption of this Chapter and the construction of which has been star,ed