This chapter in part carries forward by reenactment some of the provisions of the [prior] Zoning Code of the county, and it is not the intention to repeal but rather to reenact and continue in force such existing provisions so that all rights and liabilities that have accrued are preserved and may be enforced. All provisions of the Zoning Code of the county enacted in 1973, as amended, which are not reenacted are repealed. All suits at law or in equity and/or all prosecutions resulting from the violation of any zoning ordinance in effect, which are now pending in any of the courts of this state or of the United States, shall not be abated or abandoned by reason of the adoption of this chapter, but shall be prosecuted to their finality the same as if this chapter had not been adopted; and any and all violations of the existing zoning ordinance, prosecutions for which have not yet been instituted, may be filed and prosecuted; and nothing in this chapter shall be so construed as to abandon, abate, or dismiss any litigation or prosecution not pending and/or which may have been instituted or prosecuted.
(1996 Code, § 155.285) (Ord. passed 5-21-1984) Penalty, see § 155.999