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ARTICLE 24. LEGAL STATUS PROVISIONS AND EFFECTIVE DATE <br />24.1 Severability <br />It is the legislative intent of the Board of Commissioners in adopting this <br />ordinance that all provisions and sections thereof shall be liberally <br />construed to protect and preserve the peace, health, safety and general <br />welfare of the inhabitants of Orange County and, further, that should any <br />provision, portion, section, or subsection of this ordinance be held to be <br />construed as affecting the validity of any of the remaining provisions, <br />portions, sections or subsections, it is the intent of the Board of <br />Commissioners that this Ordinance shall stand, notwithstanding the <br />invalidity of any provision, or section or part thereof. <br />24.2 Conflict With Other Laws <br />When provisions of this ordinance require a greater width or size of yard <br />or court or require a lower height of a building of fewer number of stories, <br />or require a greater percentage of a lot to be left unoccupied, or impose <br />other higher standards than are required in any other statute or local <br />ordinance or regulation, provisions of this ordinance shall govern. When <br />the provisions of any other statute or local ordinance or regulation require <br />a greater width or size of yards or courts, or require a greater percentage <br />of a lot to be left unoccupied, or impose other higher standards than are <br />required by the provisions made by this ordinance, the provisions of that <br />statute or local ordinance or regulation shall govern. <br />24:3 . Repeal of Existing Zoning Regulations <br />The existing zoning regulations entitled, Orange County Zoning <br />Ordinance, as amended, are hereby repealed. The adoption of this <br />Ordinance, however, shall not affect nor prevent any pending or future <br />prosecution of, or action to abate, an existing violation of said regulations, <br />as amended. <br />24 -1 <br />