Berkey v. Kosciusko County Board of Zoning Appeals

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• nonconforming junkyard could not be expanded beyond the land being so used at the time the restrictive ordinance was adopted
• nonconforming junkyard could not be extended to other parts of the same lot beyond the area of land used as a junkyard at the time of the enactment of the ordinance
• the purpose of zoning ordinances is to secure the gradual or eventual elimination of nonconforming uses and to restrict, rather than increase, such uses

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