Wherever the requirements of any provisions of this Code or portion
thereof are at variance with the requirements of any other lawfully adopted
rule, regulation, ordinance, local law, other enactment or other part of this
Code, the most restrictive, or that imposing the higher standards, shall govern
unless a contrary intent is expressly stated.
The provisions of this Code shall be liberally construed in order to
effectuate the purposes for which this Code and the ordinances contained herein
are enacted.