It is hereby declared to be the intention of the city commission that the articles, sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this chapter are severable, and if any article, section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter shall be declared unconstitutional or invalid by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect any of the remaining articles, sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this chapter, since the same would have been enacted by the city commission without the incorporation in this chapter of any such unconstitutional or invalid articles, sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases. (Ord. 1959, 9-5-1972)