It is declared to be the intention of the Town Council that the sections, divisions, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this code are severable; and if any phrase, clause, sentence, division, or section of this code, or its application to any persons or circumstances, shall be declared unconstitutional or otherwise
invalid by the valid judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, divisions, and sections of this code, or their application.
(1998 Code, § 1-5)