If any provision of this chapter or of any other code, ordinance or regulation adopted by the city council of the city of Auburn, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the remainder of such code, ordinance or regulation or the application thereof to other person or circumstance shall not be affected. This provision applies to all prior enactments by ratification and to all subsequent enactments regardless of whether a separate severability clause is included therein. (Ord. 5655 § 1, 2002.)