§ 10. Severability.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SULPHUR, LOUISIANA, that if any provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is, for any reason, held to be unconstitutional, void or invalid (or for any reason unenforceable), the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance shall not be affected thereby, it being the intent of the City of Sulphur in adopting this ordinance that no portion thereof or provision or regulation contained herein shall become inoperative or fail by reason of any unconstitutionality or invalidity of any other portion, provision or regulation, and to this end, all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. Nevertheless, it is recognized that the payment of the franchise fee provided in Article 7 is based on the ability of the City of Sulphur to grant a sixty (60) year franchise. If it should be held that the City of Sulphur does not have the authority to grant a sixty (60) year franchise, then the franchise fee shall be renegotiated between the City of Sulphur and Gulf States Utilities Company.