19-2908. Zoning regulations inapplicable to existing structures or agricultural land; exceptions.
19-2908
19-2908. Zoning regulations inapplicable to existing structures or
agricultural land; exceptions.
Regulations adopted under authority of this act shall not apply to
existing structures nor to the existing use of any buildings or land, but
shall apply to any alteration of a building to provide for its use for a
purpose or in a manner different from the use to which it was put before
the alteration. This act shall not prevent the
restoration of a building damaged not more than fifty percent of its
assessed valuation by fire, explosion, act of God, or the public enemy, or
prevent the continuance of the use of such building or part thereof as such
use existed at the time of such damage, or prevent a change of such
existing use except under limitations provided herein in relation to
existing buildings and premises. Except for flood plain regulations in areas
designated as
a flood plain, regulations adopted pursuant to this act shall not apply to
the use of land for agricultural purposes,
nor
for the erection or maintenance of buildings thereon for such purposes so
long as such land and buildings erected thereon are used for agricultural
purposes and not otherwise. No plat nor
dedication of
any such land for public purposes may be made without submission to the
zoning board and the approval of the county commissioners.
History: L. 1939, ch. 165, § 8; L. 1941, ch. 196, § 3;
L. 1991, ch. 63, § 4; July 1.