(a) Subject to subsection (b) below, if any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this sign code is for any reason held invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this sign code. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted the sign code in each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words be declared invalid.
(b) If one or more required findings for the approval of sign variance applications under § 21.304.24(h) is for any reason held invalid, or if one or more required findings for the approval of variance applications in § 2.85.04 is for any reason held invalid, then notwithstanding subsection (a) above, such invalidation shall cause § 21.304.24(h) as a whole to be invalid until amended, but shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the sign code. The City Council declares that, if one or more of its variance criteria are invalid, it would have adopted the standard or requirement from which a variance was sought without causing variances to become easier to obtain.
(Ord. 2024-4, passed 2-26-2024)