If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, term, provision, condition, covenant, or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid, unenforceable, or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each portion thereof irrespective of any provision being declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid.
(Ord. 20-1997)