No action or proceeding commenced before the Commission or Council before this chapter takes effect shall be terminated by the enactment of this chapter, but such action or proceeding shall thereafter conform to the provisions of this chapter so far as possible.
No prosecution or action resulting from a violation of zoning regulations heretofore in effect shall be abated or abandoned by reason of the enactment of this chapter, but such prosecution or action shall be prosecuted to its finality under the former law the same as if this chapter had not been adopted, and, to this end, the former law shall remain in effect and be applicable until such prosecution or action has been terminated. Any violation of the provisions of the former law for which prosecution or legal action has not been instituted prior to January 14, 1965, may be hereafter subject to prosecution or action as if this chapter had not been adopted, and, to this end, the former law shall remain in effect and be applicable until such prosecution or action has been terminated.
(§ 8166.2, T.O.O.C.)