The addition of this chapter shall not affect or impair any permit granted, any act done, offense committed, right accrued or acquired or any liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred prior to the time this chapter takes effect under any prior Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Geddes. All actions and procedures commenced under or by virtue of such prior ordinance and pending at the time this chapter takes effect may be prosecuted and defended in the same manner as they might have been if this chapter had not been adopted.