The Council may adopt any provision of State law or any code permitted by law as a City ordinance or code by reference thereto in an adopting ordinance and without publishing such code in full, provided that such code is clearly identified in the ordinance adopting the same, and the purpose of the code shall be published with the adopting ordinance and printed copies thereof be kept in the office of the Clerk, available for inspection by and distribution to the public at all times, and notice to that effect be published with the publication of the adopting ordinance.