After the Operative Date of this Charter, the departments of Animal Regulation and Building and Safety, which are no longer included in the Charter, shall continue to exist, and to perform the powers and duties prescribed for them in the Charter immediately prior to the Operative Date, until the departments, powers or duties are changed or eliminated by ordinance.
The adoption of this Charter is not intended to affect the powers and duties of the Department of Cultural Affairs or Department of Transportation or their respective commissions. Those powers and duties shall continue until changed or eliminated by ordinance.