If any portion, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phase
of this chapter is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional
by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed
a separate, distinct, and independent provision and such holding shall
not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this chapter,
it being the intent of Wicomico County, Maryland that this chapter
shall stand, notwithstanding the invalidity of any portion, section,
subsection, clause or phrase, hereof.