Article XVI

LEGAL STATUS PROVISIONS

1601. Conflict with Other Laws

Wherever the requirements of this Ordinance are at variance with the requirements of any other lawfully adopted statutes, rules, regulations, or ordinances, the most restrictive or that imposing higher standards, shall govern.

1602. Validity

Each phrase, sentence, paragraph, section, or other provision of this Ordinance is severable from all other such phrases, sentences, paragraphs, sections, and provisions. Should any phrase, sentence, paragraph, section, or provision of this Ordinance be declared by the Courts to be unconstitutional or invalid, such declaration shall not affect any other portion or provision of this Ordinance.

1603. Repealed Resolutions and Ordinances

This Ordinance is a comprehensive enactment of all of the resolutions and ordinances of the City Council of the City of Bedford relating to zoning and land subdivision. All prior ordinances affecting zoning and land subdivision are hereby repealed.

1604. Effective Date

This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from January 26, 1989, and a certified copy of the foregoing Land Development Ordinance of the City of Bedford, Virginia, shall be filed in the office of the Zoning Administrator of the City and in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the County of Bedford, Virginia.