There is hereby adopted, for the purpose of prescribing regulations governing installation, alteration, repair, and replacement of plumbing, piping, fittings, fixtures, and equipment which may be connected to any water, sewer, or natural gas plumbing in the city, that certain code recommended by the Texas Municipal League, being particularly the 1983 edition thereof, and the whole thereof, save and except such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified, or amended. One (1) copy of said code is on file in the office of the city secretary and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein.
(1984 Code, ch. 3, sec. 3(A))