No building, structure or land shall be used or occupied and no building or structure or part thereof shall hereafter be erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved, or structurally altered unless in conformity with the regulations of this bylaw, except those already lawfully existing as provided in Article VIII of this bylaw.

No part of a yard or other open space or off-street parking or loading space, used in connection with any building or use to satisfy the requirements of this bylaw, may be used to satisfy similar requirements for any other building or use.

No lot created, structure built, or use established in violation of the provisions of the Zoning Bylaw as such bylaw existed at the time of such violation shall be deemed to have achieved any nonconforming status solely as the result of the adoption of a subsequent amendment.

In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this bylaw shall be held to be minimum requirements adopted for the promotion of the public health, safety or general welfare. Whenever the requirements of this bylaw are at variance with the requirements of any other lawfully adopted rules, regulations or bylaws, the most restrictive or that imposing the higher standards shall govern.