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BE IT ORDAINED under authority of Indiana Code 36-7-4-1 through 1213, and all acts amendatory thereto: CHAPTER 1 - TERMINOLOGY ------------------------ SECTION 1.0 - TITLE -------------------- AN ORDINANCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING OF THE AREA WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE PLAN COMMISSION OF THE TOWN OF MOORESVILLE, INDIANA. SECTION 1.1 - SHORT TITLE -------------------------- This ordinance may be cited as the "zoning Ordinance of Mooresville, Indiana." SECTION 1.2 - INTERPRETATION ----------------------------- In interpreting and applying the provisions of this ordinance, ther shall be held to be the minimUlTl requirements for the promot~on of the public health, safety, comfort, morals, convenience, and general welfare. It is not the intent of this ordinance, nor should it be result of this ordinance that any usage of land existing the time or prior to the passage of this ordinance which illegal or unlawful under former zoning ordinances or re9ulations should become legal or lawful under the terms th~s ordinance. the at was of SECTION 1.3 - NON-INTERFERENCE WITH GREATER RESTRICTIONS -------------------------------------------------------- OTHERWISE IMPOSED. ------------------ It is not the intention of this ordinance to interfere with, abrogate, or anull any easements, covenants, or other agreements between parties, nor to interfere with, abrogate, or annul any ordinances, other than those expressly repealed hereby, rules, regulations or permits previously adopted or issued, and not in conflict with any of the provisions of this ordinance, or which shall be adopted or approved, except that, where this ordinance imposes a greater restriction upon the use of buildin9s or land, or upon the height of buildin9s, or requ~res larger open spaces or greater lot area per farn~ly, than are required or imposed by such easements, covenants or agreements between parties, or by such ordinances, rules, regulations, or permits, the provisions of 1