(a) All ordinances of a general and permanent nature, and amendments to such ordinances, hereinafter enacted or presented to the city council for enactment shall be drafted, so far as possible, as specific amendments of, or additions to, the “Dallas City Code,” and when done shall be part of the code. Amendments to this code shall be made by reference to the chapter and section of the code which is to be amended, and additions shall bear an appropriate designation of chapter and section. For clarity in reading amendments to the code, any language intended to be added to the code may be underscored in the amending ordinance, and any language intended to be deleted from the code may be inserted in its appropriate place in brackets and stricken through. These markings, when used, and the deleted portions shall be removed when amendments are printed in the code.
(b) A separate volume or volumes shall be added to the Dallas City Code and shall contain the city’s Building Code, Mechanical Code, Plumbing Code, and Electrical Code along with applicable administrative provisions.
(c) Chapters 1 through 51A of the code shall be maintained by the city attorney on a word processing system so that the code, as it exists on the system, is continuously updated as amendments to the code are adopted by the city council. The city attorney shall periodically cause supplements to the code to be printed, but not less than once each year. When the supply of code books becomes short or when supplements become so numerous as to make handling and selling of the code difficult, the city attorney may cause the entire code to be reprinted in an up-to-date form with all amendments included.
(d) When a supplement to the code is printed from the word processing system maintained by the city attorney or when the entire code is reprinted from this system, the supplement or code so printed shall be deemed the official supplement or code of the city without further action of the city council and shall be admitted as evidence in court without further proof. (Ord. Nos. 15904; 18828; 19455)