ARTICLE 4
NON-CONFORMING USE
4.0 Any existing use not conforming with the provisions of this ordinance may continue but shall be governed by the following conditions:
A. Existing non-conforming uses of land or structures which have been discontinued for one year or more can only be reestablished in conformance with the terms of this ordinance.
B. Any existing non-conforming use shall not be exchanged for a different non-conforming use.
C. Rebuilding of a structure for a non-conforming use after a fire or natural disaster is prohibited where the non-conforming use is expanded.
D. A non-conforming use shall not be expanded or altered in degree or type.
4.1 Construction, for residential purposes only, on a non-conforming lot is permitted provided that the lot was of record in the Registry of Deeds office and in conformity with the Zoning Ordinance in effect at the time of its creation and in compliance with all state and local requirements, and that the owner owns no contiguous land that can be used to bring the lot as nearly as possible into conformance with present zoning standards. Such non-conforming lots shall be merged with other contiguous land and may not be separately conveyed, unless
meeting both of the following criteria:
A. The abutting land shall have been in the same ownership prior to March 8, 1983.
B. That the land be approved for subdivision by the Planning Board with one lot being the conforming lot and the other lot meeting all criteria of a two acre lot minimum (e.g., excluding wetland acreage, etc.)
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