By the passage of this Ordinance, no presently illegal use shall be deemed to have been legalized unless specifically such use falls within a use district where the actual use is a conforming use. Otherwise, such uses shall remain nonconforming uses where recognized, or an illegal use, as the case may be. It is further the intent and declared purpose of this Ordinance that no offense committed, and no liability, penalty, or forfeiture, either civil or criminal, incurred prior to the time the existing zoning ordinance was repealed and this Zoning Ordinance adopted, shall be discharged or affected by such repeal; but prosecutions and suits for such offenses, liabilities, penalties, or forfeitures may be instituted or causes presently pending proceeded with in all respects as if such prior ordinance had not been repealed.

The Special Use Zoning District Classification of any property lawfully in existence at the time of the adoption of this ordinance shall be brought forward as a conforming Special Use, subject to the same conditions and regulations that were imposed at the time of the grant of the special use classification pursuant to the zoning ordinance in effect at the time of the adoption of this ordinance.