Columbia Miscellaneous provisions ordinance (§ 24-206)

(a) Compliance with laws. Each applicant shall comply with all applicable city ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations heretofore and hereafter adopted or established, to the extent that they are consistent with state and federal law.

(b) Franchises not superseded. Nothing herein shall be deemed to relieve an applicant of the provisions of an existing franchise, license or other agreement or permit.

(c) Rights and remedies.

(1) The exercise of one remedy under this article shall not foreclose use of another, nor shall the exercise of a remedy or the payment of damages or penalties relieve an applicant of its obligations to comply with its permits. Remedies may be used alone or in combination; in addition, the city may exercise any rights it has at law or equity.

(2) The city hereby reserves to itself the right to intervene in any suit, action or proceeding involving any provisions of this article.

(3) No applicant shall be relieved of its obligation to comply with any of the provisions of this article by reason of any failure of the city to enforce prompt compliance.

(d) Incorporation by reference. Any permit granted pursuant to this article shall by implication include a provision that shall incorporate by reference this article into such permit as fully as if copied therein verbatim.

(e) Calculation of time. Unless otherwise indicated, when the performance or doing of any act, duty, matter, or payment is required under this article or any permit, and a period of time is prescribed and is fixed herein, the time shall be computed so as to exclude the first and include the last day of the prescribed or fixed period of time.

(f) Severability. If any term, condition, or provision of this article shall, to any extent, be held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder hereof shall be valid in all other respects and continue to be effective. In the event of a subsequent change in applicable law so that the provision that has been held invalid is no longer invalid, said provisions shall there upon return to full force and effect without further action by the city and shall thereafter be binding on the applicant and the city.