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City Ordinance No. 337-EX of the City of Monteluz prohibits: “No person shall engage in any activity that disturbs the public peace, order, health, or tranquility within the city.” Penalties: fines up to PHP 6,000 or imprisonment up to 30 days. On a Friday at 4:15 p.m., visual artist V sets up a projector in a public plaza to display a short, silent video on a wall; passersby object that the projection disturbs diners at nearby cafes, and V is detained by city patrol officers. V challenges the ordinance as void-for-vagueness. (a) Identify the doctrine and the controlling rule. (b) Distinguish void-for-vagueness from overbreadth and evaluate whether the phrase “disturbs the public peace, order, health, or tranquility” provides ascertainable standards for enforcement. (c) Apply to V’s facts and determine whether V’s conduct could be punished under the ordinance, or whether the ordinance is void-for-vagueness; if void, discuss possible remedies (e.g., severability or redrafting).