§ 17.1.501. Nonconforming uses may be continued.

The owners of land and buildings shall not be deprived of the use of any property for the purpose to which it is lawfully devoted at the time of the enactment of this code. Nonconforming buildings or structures or uses of land, including but not limited to the raising of livestock, may be continued to the same extent and character as that which legally existed on the effective day of the applicable regulations. Repairs may also be made to a nonconforming building or to a building housing a nonconforming use.