Construal of provisions. The regulations of this chapter are to be considered to be minimum provisions for the protection and promotion of the public health, safety, morals, convenience and the general welfare and should be construed so as to further these purposes.

Stricter provisions to govern. This chapter is not intended to interfere with or abrogate or annul any other Village local law, code, resolution, regulation or rule adopted thereunder or agreement between parties; provided, however, that where this chapter imposes a greater restriction upon the use of buildings or premises or upon the height or bulk of buildings or premises or requires larger open spaces than are imposed or required by such local laws, ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations or agreements, the provisions of this chapter shall control.

Severability. If any clause, sentence, section, paragraph or provision of this chapter shall be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this chapter, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, section, paragraph or provision directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.

Filed plans. Nothing contained in this chapter shall require any change in the plans, construction or designated use of a building or structure for which completed plans have been filed with and approved by the Department of Building and Code Enforcement prior to the effective date of this chapter.

Permits, certificates or variances issued prior to this chapter. This chapter or any amendment thereto is not intended to abrogate or annul any building permits, certificates of occupancy, variances or special permits lawfully issued before the effective date of this chapter or amendment thereto, provided that any permit or certificate shall be implemented as provided herein within the specified period of time during which it is valid.

Uses in more restricted districts. The uses established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, either as being permitted in or as being excluded from any particular use district, shall be deemed to be an exclusion of such use from any more restricted district, unless such use is expressly permitted in such more restricted district or otherwise approved by variance.

No building, structure or use shall be erected, converted, structurally altered, enlarged, extended or established except in conformity with the use, bulk, height, area, off-street parking and loading and other applicable provisions of this chapter for the district in which such building, structure or use is located.

Any building, structure or use which is erected, converted, structurally altered, enlarged, extended or established pursuant to approval as a special use as provided by this chapter shall comply with the use, bulk, height, area, off-street parking and other applicable provisions of this chapter for the district in which such building structure or use is located and shall also be required to comply with any general and specific standards and conditions prescribed in this chapter for such special permit use and to any other conditions imposed pursuant to special use approval.

Any building, structure or use lawfully existing at the effective date of this chapter shall be deemed nonconforming and shall be permitted to continue although such building, structure or use does not conform to the requirements prescribed by this chapter applicable to such building, structure or use for the district in which it is located, but such continuation is made subject to all other provisions of this chapter, particularly those provisions governing nonconforming uses, buildings and structures.

The minimum yards, parking space, open spaces and lot area per building, structure or use as required by this chapter shall not be considered as required yard or open space for any other building structure or use, nor shall any lot area be reduced below the requirements of this chapter.

Every building hereafter erected or structurally altered shall be located on a lot, as herein defined, and except as hereinafter provided, in no case shall there be more than one main building on one lot.

Off-street parking space and off-street loading space shall be provided as specified in this chapter and shall be provided with necessary passageways and driveways appurtenant thereto giving access thereto. Play space shall be provided in accordance with this chapter. All such parking space and loading space, together with such passageways and driveways and all such play space, shall be deemed to be required space on the lot on which the same is situated and shall not thereafter be encroached upon or reduced in any manner except as otherwise provided by this chapter.

Where a lot is formed from part of a lot already occupied by a building, such separation shall be effected in such manner as not to impair any of the requirements of this chapter with respect to the existing building and all yards and other open spaces in connection therewith and no permit shall be issued for the erection of a building on the new location thus created unless it complies with all the provisions of this chapter.