If any paragraph, clause, sentence, section or part of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such order or judgment shall be confined in its operation to the controversy in which it was rendered and shall not affect or invalidate the remainder of any part thereof to any other person or circumstances and to this end the provisions of each paragraph, clause, sentence, section or part of this chapter are hereby declared to be severable. (Ord. 3443 § 1, 2023; Ord. 2833 § 2, 2010)