Northern Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Ass'n v. City of Parma

*377 I.

Appellants, in their first proposition of law, assert that R. C. 5923.05 and Parma ordinance No. 83-73 are not in conflict.

It is firmly established that legislative enactments, whether of a municipality or state, have a strong presumption of constitutionality. Xenia v. Schmidt (1920), 101 Ohio St. 437, paragraph one of the syllabus; Chester Township v. Geauga Co. Budget Comm. (1976), 48 Ohio St. 2d 372, 373; State, ex rel. Taft, v. Campanella (1977), 50 Ohio St. 2d 242, 246. Further, it is noted that, “when it is possible* * *to harmonize the general law and municipal ordinances, the same…