Principles concerning the construction and interpretation of a Franchise Agreement shall be as follows:
(a) Agreement to any extent, each provision of a Franchise Agreement being a separate, distinct and independent part.
(b) Words in the present tense include the future.
(c) Words importing the singular number may extend to and include plural; words importing the plural number may extend to and include the singular; and words in masculine gender shall include female gender.
(d) If any provision of a Franchise Agreement or the application thereof is for any reason held invalid, illegal, unconstitutional or unenforceable, such holding shall not affect the remainder of Franchise A Company shall not be excused from complying with any of the terms, conditions and provisions of a Franchise Agreement by any failure of the Village upon any one or more occasions to insist upon or to seek compliance with any such terms, conditions or provisions.
(e) The specification in this Section of principles to apply in the construction and interpretation of a Franchise Agreement shall not be a limitation as to others.