The Code of Iowa §380.8 provides that a city shall compile a code of ordinances containing all of the city ordinances in effect, except grade ordinances, bond ordinances, zoning map ordinances, ordinances vacating streets and alleys, and ordinances containing legal descriptions of urban revitalization areas and urban renewal areas. The City of Council Bluffs, Iowa, has compiled a code of ordinances containing all the city ordinances in effect, with the exceptions set forth above and the code contains only existing ordinances edited and compiled without change in substance.

The update for the municipal code shall be adopted at least once every five years and this adoption will replace the 2015 Municipal Code of Council Bluffs, Iowa.