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The county zoning ordinance also contains provisions which <br />permit the continuance, alteration and repair of nonconforming <br />buildings or premises. <br />"Nothing herein contained shall require any change in the <br />plans, construction or intended use of a building or <br />premises for which plans have been prepared heretofore, <br />and the construction of which shall have been diligently <br />pursued within three (3) months after the effective date <br />of this ordinance." See §10.23(1). <br />"Nothing herein contained shall prevent the alteration, <br />restoration or repair of any building occupied by a <br />nonconforming use at the effective date of this <br />ordinance; provided, however, that the cost of such <br />alteration, restoration or repair shall not during the <br />life of the building exceed fifty (50) percent of the <br />assessed valuation of such structure or building, such <br />valuation being that in effect for the year in which such <br />use became nonconforming." <br />QUESTIONS PRESENTED <br />What is the "use" of the mobile home park premises protected <br />by the nonconforming use statute and ordinance? Is the protected <br />use the mobile homes themselves located and relocated within the <br />park, such that compliance with new zoning is required each time a <br />mobile home is relocated or is replaced with a new mobile home? <br />Or, is the protected use the park owner's investment in the in - <br />ground improvements which define the general layout, design and <br />spacing of mobile home lots or pads and parking facilities? <br />WHAT IS AT STAKE? <br />The park owner cannot comply with the county's 30 foot spacing <br />requirement and two off-street parking stall requirement without <br />eliminating half or more of the existing mobile home sites or pads. <br />This would result in the compulsory removal of half or more of the <br />9 <br />