Any existing ordinances covering zoning, in their entirety and including the maps heretofore adopted and made a part of said ordinances are hereby superseded and amended to read as set forth herein; provided, however, that, this chapter, including the attached map, shall be deemed a continuation of previous ordinances and not a new enactment, insofar as the substance of revisions of previous ordinances is included in this chapter, whether in the same or in different language; and this chapter shall be so interpreted upon all questions of construction relating to tenure of officers and boards established by previous ordinances and to questions of conforming or non-conforming uses and buildings and structures, and to questions as to the dates upon which such uses, buildings or structures became conforming or non-conforming.
(Ord. 03-09-2000, passed 3-3-2000)