Compliance with federal, state and local laws and changes require:
(a) If any federal, state or local law or regulation requires or permits a grantee or the city to perform any service or act or shall prohibit a grantee or the city from performing any service or act which may be in conflict with the terms of a franchise, then as soon as possible following knowledge thereof, city and a grantee shall notify the other of the point of conflict believed to exist between the law or regulation; and
(b) If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter or a franchise is for any reason held to be invalid, unenforceable or unconstitutional by a decision of any authority or court of competent jurisdiction, the decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter or a franchise and the remainder shall remain in full force and effect.
(1992 Code, § 44-99) (Ord. 104-09, passed 11-16-2009)