§ 13.5. [Severability.]  


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  • Should any provision or section, or part thereof, of this charter be held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unconstitutional, such holding shall not be construed as affecting the validity of this charter as a whole or any of the remaining provision or sections, or portions thereof; it being the intent of the charter commission and of the electors that such unconstitutionality or illegality shall not affect the validity of any part of this charter except that specifically affected by such holding. Further, it is declared that it was the intent of the charter commission and of the electors, in preparing and adopting this charter, that said instrument should conform in all respects with the provisions and requirements of law. In the event that any provision of this charter shall conflict with or contravene the provisions of any law, the provisions of that law shall govern and take precedence.