<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 18-161. - Existing non-conforming electronic gaming operations.</div>
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               (a)
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               <span class="ital">Continuation of nonconforming use.</span> All legally-operating gaming operations made nonconforming by adoption of this ordinance
               shall be removed or brought into compliance with these provisions within 12 months
               of the date of adoption of the ordinance from which this article derives.
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               All legally-operating accessory use gaming operations subject to <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH18BU_ARTVIELGAOP_S18-154DEREELGAOPACUS" class="section-link" data-product-id="13953">section 18-154</a> made non-conforming by adoption of this ordinance shall be removed or brought into
               compliance with these provisions within 30 days of the date of adoption of the ordinance
               from which this article derives.
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               Any increase in area, height, and/or volume shall be considered an expansion or enlargement
               that must meet the current ordinance. If the value of the proposed expansion or enlargement
               would exceed 50 percent of the value of the original electronic gaming operation,
               the operation shall lose its non-conforming status and must comply with all aspects
               of this ordinance. Value shall be determined by the current ad valorum tax value.
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               (b)
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               <span class="ital">Abandonment.</span> If a non-conforming electronic gaming operation is abandoned for a period of 180
               days, the land and/or structure so formerly utilized must thereafter be used in conformity
               with all existing ordinances within Wayne County,
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               A non-conforming electronic gaming operation that is superseded by any other use (permitted
               or not) shall not thereafter be reinstated unless and until it is brought into conformity
               with this article. When a non-conforming use is ceased, such use shall not be resumed.
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               (c)
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               <span class="ital">Projects under construction prior to non-conforming use status.</span> No provision of this article shall be construed to require a change in plans, construction,
               or designated use of an electronic gaming operation in which actual construction or
               placement activities as a result of acquisition of a county permit were lawfully begun
               prior to the effective date of the ordinance from which this article derives.
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               (d)
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               Necessary repairs permitted. Nothing in this article shall prevent the strengthening
               or restoration of a safe and lawful condition of electronic gaming operation declared
               unsafe or unlawful by a duly authorized county official.
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               (Ord. of 9-4-2012(Att. A), Â§ 11; Ord. of 9-17-2019)
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