(a) Validity and Severability. This E.H. Code shall not be in conflict with State or Federal law. If any provision of this E.H. Code or the application thereof is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this E.H. Code are severable.
(b) Existing Law Continued. The provisions of this E.H. Code, insofar as they are substantially the same as provisions of existing laws and ordinances relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements, continuations, and amendments thereof, and not as new enactments.
(Ord. 527, passed --1942; Am. Ord. 810, passed --1956; Am. Ord. 850, passed --1958; Am. Ord. 3105, passed --1986; Am. Ord. 4093, passed - -2009)