§ 12. Code of ordinances.

Within five (5) years after the effective date of this section, the council shall cause all general ordinances of the city to be compiled and printed in code form. For the purpose of this section general ordinances shall be deemed to be those ordinances of a permanent or continuing nature which affect the residents of the city at large. Every general ordinance enacted subsequent to the original codification required above shall be enacted as an amendment to the code. After the original codification, the council shall have the power to cause all general ordinances to be recodified and reprinted whenever in its discretion such is deemed desirable, and it shall be discretionary upon the council to cause all general ordinances to be recodified and reprinted before the expiration of any ten (10) consecutive years following the last preceding codification or recodification. When adopted by the council, the printed codes of general ordinances contemplated by this section shall be in full force and effect without the necessity of such codes or any part thereof being published in any newspaper.