The Mayor and Council may from time to time amend or change
by ordinance the number, shape or area of the districts established
on the Zoning Map and the regulations set forth in this chapter.
If any article, section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase
or provision of this chapter shall for any reason be held unconstitutional
or invalid, such adjudication shall apply only to the article, section,
paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or provision so adjudged, and
the remainder of this chapter shall be deemed valid and effective.
Any and all ordinances, or parts thereof, inconsistent with
the provisions of this chapter are hereby repealed to such extent
as they are so deemed in conflict or inconsistent; provided, however,
that the adoption of this chapter shall not prevent or bar the continuance
or institution of any proceedings for offenses heretofore committed
in violation of any existing ordinance of the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus.
This chapter shall take effect immediately upon passage and
publication in the manner provided by law.