10-1-3: INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION:
   A.    Minimum Requirements: In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this title shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of the public health, safety, morals and welfare.
   B.    More Restrictive Provisions Apply:
      1.    Where the conditions imposed by any provision of this title are either more restrictive or less restrictive than comparable conditions imposed by this title or any other law, ordinance, statute, resolution, or regulation of any kind, the regulations which are more restrictive or which impose higher standards or requirements shall prevail.
      2.    When any condition imposed by any provision of this title on the use of land or buildings or on the bulk of buildings is either more restrictive or less restrictive than similar conditions imposed by any provision of any other county or state ordinance, regulation, or statute, the more restrictive conditions shall prevail.
      3.    Where the conditions imposed by any section of this title are either more restrictive or less restrictive than comparable conditions imposed by another section of this title, the regulations that are more restrictive or impose higher standards or requirements shall prevail.
      4.    This title is not intended to abrogate any easements, restrictions, or covenants relating to the use of land or imposed on lands within city by private declaration or agreement, but where the provisions of this title are more restrictive than any such easement, restriction, or covenant, or the provision of any private agreement, the provisions of this title shall prevail.
   C.    Prohibited Uses: If a use is not specifically allowed as a permitted use, conditional use or an accessory use in a particular zoning district, it shall be prohibited in that zoning district unless determined to be a substantially similar use as provided for in section 10-3-6 of this title.
   D.    Validity: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this title is for any reason found to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this title. (Ord. 1098, 11-8-2004)