(a) If any part, section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, phrase, clause, term, or word of this chapter 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 this chapter, except as limited by division (b) of this section.
(b) Without diminishing or limiting in any way the declaration of severability set forth above in division (a) of this section or elsewhere in this chapter or this Planning and Zoning Code, if any part, section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, phrase, clause, term or word of this chapter is declared unconstitutional, such declaration shall not affect any other part, section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, phrase, clause, term or word of this chapter, even if such severability would result in a situation where there would be less speech, whether by subjecting previously exempt signs to permitting or otherwise additional standards.
(c) Without diminishing or limiting in any way the declaration of severability set forth above in division (a) of this section, or elsewhere in this chapter or in this Planning and Zoning Code, if any part, section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, phrase, clause, term or word of this chapter is, or any other laws are, declared unconstitutional by 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 this chapter that pertains to prohibited signs, including specifically those signs and sign types prohibited and not allowed under Section 1293.04 of this chapter. Furthermore, if any part, section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, phrase, clause, term or word of this chapter or of any part of the Planning and Zoning Code 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 this chapter, except as expressly provided in division (b) of this section.
(d) If any part section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, phrase, clause, term or word of this chapter and/or other provisions of this chapter or other provisions of this Planning and Zoning Code are declared invalid or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, the declaration of such unconstitutionality shall not affect the limitations on signs as contained herein.
(Ord. 6717. Passed 5-1-18.)