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(1) Nothing in this Title shall be construed as conferring or attempting to confer upon any officer, department, board, or commission of the City, the power of eminent domain. All actions by any officer, department, board, or commission pursuant to this Title shall be deemed to be in the exercise of the police power.
(2) The provisions of this Title as far as they are the same as those of existing statutes or ordinances shall be construed as a continuation of such statutes or ordinances, and not as new enactments.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in the Charter, the provisions of this Title constitute the exclusive law with regard to zoning in Philadelphia. Accordingly, the Act of May 11, 1915, P.L. 285, entitled "An Act to authorize the regulation of the location, size, and use of buildings in cities of the first class" and the Act of May 6, 1929, P.L. 1551, entitled "An Act authorizing cities of the first class to adopt and enforce zoning ordinances; regulating and restricting the height, location, size; bulk and use of buildings and/or land, the areas to be occupied by buildings in proportion to the size of the lots upon which they stand, the size of courts, yards and other open spaces appurtenant thereto, and the density of population, and for these purposes, to establish districts and boundaries; to designate and regulate residential, commercial, and industrial or other uses within such districts and boundaries; and providing for the appointment of a zoning commission and a board of adjustment, the creation of a bureau of zoning, and setting forth the duties and functions of said commission, board and bureau; providing for the administration and enforcement of rules and ordinances authorized by this Act, and penalties for violation thereof", are hereby superseded.