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-2- shall be defined to mean any increase in the floor area; storage capacity, or equipment used in connection with such non-conforming use. b. A non-conforming use shall not be changed unless changed to a conforming use. c. A non-conforming use if changed to a conforming use may not thereafter be changed back to a non-conforming use. d. Whenever a non-conforming use has been abandoned or discontinued for a period of one (1) year, such use shall not thereafter be re-established and any future use shall be in conformity with the uses authorized by ordinance in the use district in which it is located. Section 2. That the Zoning Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of La~ewood, be and the same is hereby supplemented by enacting new Section 1117.031 to read as follows: Section 1117.031 Structural Alterations and Repairs A structure or building which is non-conforming or is devoted partly or wholly to a non-conforming use may be maintained and repaired, or altered in internal arrangement, but no reconstruction or structural alterations shall be made except as hereinafter provided. a. The term "structural alterations" shall be defined so as to include a change or re-arrangement in the structural parts or in the entrance or exit facilities, any enlargement, and any change in the supporting members suchas bearing wall, columns, beams or girders. b. In accordance with Article XVI, Section 2, Paragraph 4, of the City Charter, The Board of Zoning Appeals is hereby authorized to permit such reconstruction, or structural alterations to an extent not to exceed, in aggregate cost, during any ten (10) year period, one hundred (100) per cent of the assessed value of the building. Such permission may be granted by The Board of Zoning Appeals in the exercise of its discretion, only if it finds all of the following: That there exists practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship, fully described in the findings of the Board, that would deprive the owner of the reason- able use of the land or building involved. That the non-conforming use is one which cannot reasonably be expected to become conforming in the forseeable future. That there are special circumstances or conditions, fully described, in the findings of the Board apply- ing to such land or buildings, and not applying generally to land or buildings in the neighborhood, and that said circumstances or conditions are such that strict application of the provisions of the ordinances of the City of Lakewood would deprive the applicant of the reasonable use of such land or buildings.