A. Notwithstanding any provision of law or municipal or parish ordinance or resolution to the contrary, the governing authority of any municipality or parish and any agency of any such municipality or parish shall not allow and shall not cause any building or land to lose its nonconforming use status because, during all or part of the period of March 11, 2020, through March 16, 2022, it is temporarily vacant or operations normally carried on in such building or on such land have been temporarily discontinued.
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection A of this Section, the governing authority of any parish having a population in excess of three hundred fifty thousand, based on the latest federal decennial census, may by ordinance reduce the time period of March 11, 2020, through March 16, 2022, provided in Subsection A of this Section.