Kenneth J. Hock v. City Morgantown

Municipal Corporations -- Construction of Charters and Statutory Provisions "When a provision of a municipal ordinance is inconsistent or in conflict with a statute enacted by the Legislature the statute
prevails and the municipal ordinance is of no force and effect." Syl. pt. 1, Vector Co. v. Board of Zoning Appeals of the
City of Martinsburg, 155 W.Va. 362, 184 S.E.2d 301 (1971); likewise, when a provision of a municipal ordinance is inconsistent
or in conflict with the municipal charter, the charter prevails and the ordinance is of no force and effect.