(a) Validity. This Zoning Ordinance and the various chapters, sections and paragraphs thereof are hereby declared to be severable. If any article, chapter, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or phrase of this Ordinance is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this Ordinance shall not be affected thereby.
(b) Authentication. The Council Clerk of the Village is hereby ordered and directed to certify to the passage of this Ordinance. This Ordinance shall be in effect and be in force from and after its passage, approval and publication.
(c) Conflicting Ordinances. In the interpretation and application of this Ordinance, the provisions contained herein shall be held to be minimum requirements, adopted for the promotion of public health, morals, safety and the general welfare. In case of any conflict between this Ordinance, or any part thereof, and the whole or part of any existing or future ordinance of the Village, or the whole or part of any existing or future private covenants or deeds, the most restrictive shall, in all cases, apply.