A. Generally: If any division, section, paragraph, clause, provision, or portion of this UDO is held unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this UDO shall not be affected. If any application of this UDO to a particular structure, land, or water is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall not be applicable to any other structure, land, or water not specifically included in said judgment.
B. Signs: With respect to chapter 5, "Signs", of this title, the following severability provisions shall apply:
1. Severability Generally: If any part, section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, phrase, clause, term, or word of chapter 5, "Signs", of this title, or any other provision of this UDO related to signage, is declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, the declaration of such unconstitutionality shall not affect any other part, section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, phrase, clause, term, or word of chapter 5, "Signs", of this title, or this UDO.
2. Severability Of Provisions If Adjudicated Stricken Due To A Content Basis: It is the intent of the county board to regulate signage in a manner that implements the purposes of chapter 5, "Signs", of this title, as expressed therein. The county finds that the purposes stated in chapter 5, "Signs", of this title, are legitimate, substantial, and compelling public interests, that the regulation of signage provided by chapter 5, "Signs", of this title, is unrelated to the suppression of free expression, and that the incidental restrictions on expression that may occur as a result of these regulations is no more than is essential to the furtherance of the public interests. However, if a court of competent jurisdiction finds any regulation therein to be based upon content and, further, declares such regulation unconstitutional, then it is the intent of the county board that only that portion of the provision that is found to relate to content be severed from this UDO, and if it is not possible for the court to strike only the portion of the provision that is found to relate to content, then it is the intent of the county board that all signs that would be subject to the stricken provision will instead be subject to the next surviving provision for a sign of like geometry and character that is more restrictive than the stricken provision in terms of sign area. (Ord. 10-001, 1-12-2010)