Article 3 - CONTINUATION AND CHANGE IN USE

Section 27-111

Section 27-111

  § 27-111 Continuation of lawful existing use. The lawful occupancy and
use of any building, including the use of any service equipment therein,
existing on the effective date of this code or thereafter constructed or
installed  in  accordance  with  prior code requirements, as provided in
section 27-105 of article one  of  this  subchapter,  may  be  continued
unless  a  retroactive change is specifically required by the provisions
of this code.

Section 27-112

Section 27-112

  §  27-112  Change in occupancy or use. Changes in the occupancy or use
of any building may be made after  the  effective  date  of  this  code,
subject  to  the  provisions  of section 27-217 of article twenty-two of
this subchapter. After a change in occupancy or use has been made  in  a
building,  the  re-establishment  of a prior occupancy or use that would
not be lawful in a new building of the same construction class shall  be
prohibited  unless  and until all the applicable provisions of this code
and other  applicable  laws  and  regulations  for  such  re-established
occupancy  or  use  shall  have  been complied with. A change from a use
prohibited by the provisions of this code, but which was permitted prior
to the effective date of this code, to another  use  prohibited  by  the
provisions of this code shall be deemed a violation of this code.

Section 27-113

Section 27-113

  §  27-113  Continuation  of unlawful existing use. The continuation of
the unlawful occupancy or use of a building after the effective date  of
this  code,  contrary  to the provisions of this code, shall be deemed a
violation of this code.