(a) All ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations of the municipality, and all parts of the same, enacted prior to the date of the adoption of this code and inconsistent or in conflict with any of the provisions of this code, are hereby repealed, save and except any ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation, or part of the same, expressly excepted from repeal by the ordinance that adopts this code. No ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation, or part of the same, of the municipality, that is not inconsistent or in conflict with any of the provisions of this code and/or that can be reasonably interpreted to be compatible with the provisions of this code, shall be deemed to be repealed by the adoption of this code. Such ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations, and all parts of the same, shall continue to be viable and enforceable by the municipality.
(b) In the event of a conflict between any of the provisions of this code, or between any of the provisions of this code and a provision of any standard code adopted by the municipality pursuant to R.C. § 731.231, the provision that establishes the higher or stricter standard shall control. In the event of a conflict between any of the provisions of this code and any provision of state law, including rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to state law, the state law, rule or regulation shall control.