(a) For the purposes of promoting the public health, safety, morals, or general welfare,
and for the purpose of making dwellings and dwelling premises safe, sanitary, and
fit for human habitation, a municipality may adopt, amend, and revise an ordinance
for the establishment and enforcement of minimum standards for dwellings. Any such
ordinance shall be adopted, amended, or revised in the manner prescribed in sections
1972 and 1973 of this title. Any nationally recognized code, rule, or regulation or portions thereof regarding
minimum standards for dwellings and dwelling premises that has been printed in book
or pamphlet form may be adopted by reference.