If any section, subsection, clause, or phrase in this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is for any reason held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the chapter or the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this chapter and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases of the application thereof to any person or circumstance be held invalid.