If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person, firm, corporation or circumstance, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion thereof. The City Council of the City of Portsmouth hereby declares that it would have adopted this chapter and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
(Ord. 2020-29. Passed 7-13-20.)