(A)
Nothing contained herein shall repeal, modify or amend any federal or state law or regulation, or any county ordinance or regulation pertaining thereto; nor shall any provision of this chapter amend, modify or restrict any provisions of the Code of Ordinances of the Town of Murphy, North Carolina; however, the adoption of this chapter shall and does amend by substitution all previously enacted zoning ordinances for the town and any amendments made thereto; and any and all ordinances, resolutions and regulations in effect in the town as of the time of the adoption of this chapter that may be construed to impair or reduce the effectiveness of this chapter or to conflict with its provisions.
(B) It is not intended that these regulations interfere with any easement, covenants or other agreements between parties. However, if this chapter imposes greater restrictions or higher standards for the use of a building or land, then the provisions of this chapter shall control.
(C) These regulations shall not prevent the construction of any structure for which a building permit has been secured prior to the effective date of this chapter or any amendment thereto, so long as the building permit has not been revoked or allowed to expire and the entire building is completed within 18 months from the date of passage of this chapter. However, once constructed, any structure so erected will be subject to any and all regulations set forth in this chapter.
(D) All suits at law or in equity and all prosecutions resulting from the violation of any ordinance provisions which are now pending in any court of this state or of the United States, shall not be abated or abandoned by reason of the adoption of this chapter, but shall be prosecuted to their finality the same as if this chapter had not been adopted; and any and all violations of this or the previously existing zoning ordinance, prosecutions for which have not yet been instituted, may be hereafter filed and prosecuted; and nothing in this chapter shall be so construed as to abandon, abate or dismiss any litigation or prosecution now pending or which may heretofore be instituted or prosecuted.
(Ord. passed 4-1993; Am. Ord. passed 6-7-2021)