If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person, property, or circumstances is held to be invalid, the remainder of this chapter and the application of each provision to other persons, property, or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
To the extent that any provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the Town Law of the State of New York, Chapter 62 of the Consolidated Laws, Article 16, §§ 261 through 268 and §§ 274-a through 281, the Town Board of the Town of Dover hereby declares its intent to supersede those sections of the Town Law, pursuant to its home rule powers under the Municipal Home Rule Law, Article 2, § 10 et seq., of the Consolidated Laws of the State of New York. In particular, to the extent that Article V may be inconsistent with § 278 of the Town Law, the Town Board hereby declares its intent to supersede § 278.
This chapter shall take effect upon filing with the New York State Secretary of State; provided, however, that applications for special use permits, site plan review, variances, subdivisions, and building permits filed prior to the effective date shall be reviewed as follows:
A. 
No new application shall be required if the applicant has filed an application, prior to the effective date of this chapter, which has been determined by the reviewing board or official to include substantially all required information under the zoning law in effect at the time of filing.
B. 
All use regulations (including special permit and site plan review requirements) and review criteria and standards of this chapter shall apply to such applications. On preexisting lots, dimensional regulations of the zoning law in effect at the time of the filing of the application may be applied if, in the opinion of the reviewing board, the application of such regulations would not derogate from the purposes of this chapter. Dimensional regulations for newly created lots in a subdivision shall comply with the requirements of this chapter, provided that the procedural requirements for the creation of open space developments under Article V may be waived by the Planning Board.
C. 
If additional information is required from the applicant to enable the reviewing board to apply the review standards of this chapter, such board may require the submission of additional information as necessary to make an informed decision based upon the requirements of this chapter. The maximum time periods for board decisionmaking under this chapter and under state law shall be extended by the amount of time it takes an applicant to supply such additional information.
D. 
If the application requires a public hearing and such hearing has been held prior to the adoption of this chapter, no additional hearing shall be required. However, an additional hearing may be held by mutual agreement between the applicant and the reviewing board.
E. 
If the board to which the original application was submitted does not have jurisdiction over such application under this chapter, the application shall be forwarded to the appropriate board for review under this chapter; provided, however, that if a public hearing has been duly held in accordance with the zoning law in effect prior to the adoption of this chapter, the board to which the original application was submitted shall be deemed to have continuing jurisdiction under this chapter for a period not to exceed six months. Such board shall apply this chapter to the application as though it were the reviewing board designated under this chapter.
F. 
Subdivision applications that have received preliminary, final, or conditional final approval shall be subject to the zoning law in effect at the time they received such approval.