This chapter may be amended from time to time by the City Council after the appropriate referrals, notices, hearings and other requirements of law.

If any section, paragraph, subsection, clause or provision of this chapter shall be adjudged by the courts to be invalid, such adjudication shall apply only to the section, paragraph, subsection, clause or provision so adjudged, and the remainder of this chapter shall be deemed valid and effective.

If the provisions of any section, subsection, paragraph, subdivision, or clause of this Section 1100 shall be judged invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such order of judgment shall not affect or invalidate the remainder of any section, subsection, paragraph, subdivision, or clause of this Section 1100.

All sections of the City Code which contain provisions contrary to the provisions of this chapter shall be and hereby are repealed.

This chapter shall take effect immediately upon passage and publication, and a filing of a copy thereof with the Cape May County Planning Board, as provided by law.