The provisions of this chapter shall be interpreted
to be the minimum requirements adopted for the promotion of the health,
safety, morals or the general welfare of the Town of Brewster, Massachusetts;
and except for the Brewster Zoning Bylaw, dated 1960, and all amendments
thereto, the provisions of this chapter are not intended to repeal
or in any way impair or interfere with any lawfully adopted bylaw,
regulation or rule. Whenever the regulations made under the authority
hereof differ from those prescribed by any bylaw or other regulations,
that provision which imposes the greater restriction or the higher
standard shall govern.
Except as herein provided, or as specifically
exempted by the Zoning Act, the provisions of this chapter shall apply
to the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration or use of
buildings and structures or use of land. Except as herein provided,
any existing conforming use, structure or lot shall not by any action
become nonconforming, and any existing nonconforming use, structure
or lot shall not become further nonconforming.
