A.

All section or portions of sections of the zoning ordinance heretofore in effect which are inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.

Wherever the terms of this ordinance require a higher standard of development or use than are required in any other statute or local ordinance or regulation, with respect to a lot area, yard dimensions, percent of lot coverage or other requirements, the provisions of this ordinance shall govern. Wherever the provisions of any other statute, ordinance or regulation require a higher standard of development or use with respect to lot area, yard dimensions, percent of lot coverage or other requirements; the provisions of such statute, ordinance or regulation shall govern.

B.

All variances and special exceptions heretofore granted by the zoning board of review shall remain in effect, and all terms and conditions imposed by the board shall remain in effect and be binding.

C.

All violations of the zoning ordinance heretofore in effect shall be punishable as if said ordinance had not been repealed and said ordinance shall remain in effect insofar as required for the initiation of any proceedings against such violations and for the prosecution of any violations heretofore commenced.

If any section or part of a section of this ordinance shall be held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the remainder of this ordinance, nor the context in which such section or part of section so held invalid may appear, except to the extent that an entire section or part of a section may be inseparably connected in meaning and effect with the section or part of section to which such holdings shall directly apply.

This ordinance shall take effect upon adoption, and the provision of this comprehensive amendment to the Town of Warren Zoning Ordinance are substituted for the prior zoning ordinance and are to be considered as a continuance and modification to the prior ordinance rather than as an abrogation of the prior zoning ordinance and a re-enactment of a new ordinance.