(a) If the provisions of different codes or chapters of these Codified Ordinances conflict with or contravene each other, the provisions of each code or chapter shall prevail as to all matters and questions growing out of the subject matter of such code or chapter.
(b) If conflicting provisions are found in different sections of the same chapter, the provisions of the section bearing the latest passage date shall prevail. If the conflicting provisions bear the same passage date, the conflict shall be construed so as to be consistent with the meaning or legal effect of such chapter taken as a whole.