(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 these Codified Ordinances and inconsistent or in conflict with any of the provisions of these Codified Ordinances, are hereby repealed, save and except any ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation, or part of the same, expressly excepted from repeal by the ordinance that adopts these Codified Ordinances. 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 these Codified Ordinances and/or that can be reasonably interpreted to be compatible with the provisions of these Codified Ordinances, shall be deemed to be repealed by the adoption of these Codified Ordinances. 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 these Codified Ordinances, or between any of the provisions of these Codified Ordinances and a provision of any standard code adopted by the Municipality pursuant to Ohio 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 these Codified Ordinances and any provision of State law, including rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to State law, the State law, rule or regulation shall control if it is of a kind required to be in conformity with State law by Article XVIII, Section 3, of the Ohio Constitution; otherwise, the provision of these Codified Ordinances shall control.