If any portion of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall be found to be invalid by a court, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions or applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid portion or application, provided such remaining portions are not determined by the court to be inoperable, and to this end the ordinance is declared to be severable.

(Comp. Ords. 1988, § 15.800; chap. 35 eff. March 7, 1986; amended by ord. eff. Aug. 20, 1996)