If any chapter, article, section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase,
or portion of this ordinance [chapter], or the application thereof to any person,
is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court
of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portion of this ordinance [chapter] or its application to other persons. The city
council hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance [No. 92-9] and each
chapter, article, section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or portion
thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one (1) or more subsections, subdivisions,
sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions of the application thereof to any person,
be declared invalid or unconstitutional. No portion of this ordinance [chapter] shall
supersede any local, state, or federal law, regulation, or codes dealing with life
safety factors.
