Nothing in this chapter or in the Residential Code hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding impending in any court, or any rights acquired, or liability incurred, or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing, under any act or ordinance hereby repealed as cited in section 8-1-2 of this chapter; nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this chapter.
(2006 Code § 6-1-4)