If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Article IV is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court or administrative agency of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof. If a regulatory body or a court of competent jurisdiction should determine by a final, non-appealable order that any permit, right or registration issued under this Article IV or any portions of this Article IV is illegal or unenforceable, then any such permit, right or registration granted or deemed to exist hereunder shall be considered as a revocable permit with a mutual right in either party to terminate without cause upon giving 60 days’ written notice to the other. The requirements and conditions of such a revocable permit shall be the same requirements and conditions as set forth in the permit, right or registration, respectively, except for conditions relating to the term of the permit and the right of termination. Nothing in this Article IV precludes the
from requiring a franchise agreement with the
, as allowed by law, in addition to requirements set forth herein.
(Ord. 98-54, passed 11-16-1998; Ord. 2006-32, passed 7-24-2006)