If any chapter, article, section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase,
or portion of this ordinance [Chapter III], 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 [Ordinance No. 96-16]
and each chapter, article, section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase
or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one 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.
