The existing ordinances covering land use and development regulations, in their entirety, and including the maps and standard drawings heretofore adopted and made a part of said ordinances are hereby superseded and amended to read as set forth herein; provided, however, that this title, including its accompanying maps and standard drawings, shall be deemed a continuation of previous ordinances and not a new enactment, insofar as the substance of revisions of previous ordinances are included in this title, whether in the same or in different language; and this title shall be so interpreted upon all questions of construction relating to tenure of officers and boards established by previous ordinances and to questions of conforming or nonconforming dates upon which such uses, buildings or structures became conforming or nonconforming. (Ord., 9-12-1996)