<div class="chunk-title">Section VII: - Nonconforming uses.</div>
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               (A)
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               <span class="ital">Regulations not retroactive.</span> The regulations prescribed by this ordinance shall not be construed to require the
               removal, lowering, or other changes or alteration of any structure or tree not conforming
               to the regulations as of the effective date of this ordinance, or otherwise interfere
               with the continuance of any nonconforming use. Nothing herein contained shall require
               any change in the construction, alteration, or intended use of any structure, the
               construction or alteration of which was begun prior to the effective date of this
               ordinance, and is diligently prosecuted.
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               (B)
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               <span class="ital">Marking and lighting.</span> Notwithstanding the preceding provision of this section, the owner of any nonconforming
               structure or tree is hereby required to permit the installation, operation, and maintenance
               thereon of such markers and lights as shall be deemed necessary by the airport manager
               to indicate to the operators of aircraft in the vicinity of the airport, the presence
               of such airport hazards. Such markers and lights shall be installed, operated, and
               maintained at the expense of the board of commissioners of the county of New Hanover,
               State of North Carolina, or the Federal Aviation Administration.
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