The City Council may adopt any standard code of technical regulations by reference thereto in an adopting ordinance. The procedure and requirements governing such an adopting ordinance shall be as prescribed for ordinances generally except that:
a. The requirements of § 2.13 for distribution and filing of copies of the ordinance shall be construed to include copies of the code of technical regulations as well as of the adopting ordinance.
b. A copy of each adopted code of technical regulations as well as of the adopting ordinance shall be authenticated and recorded by the Finance officer pursuant to § 2.16(a).
Copies of any adopted code of technical regulations shall be made available by the Finance Officer for distribution or for purchase at a reasonable price.