This Code shall be known as the "Pierce County Code" and it may be referred to as the "Pierce County Code" in any prosecution for the violation of any provision thereof or in any proceeding at law or equity. Prosecutions for violations of Pierce County ordinances and/or resolutions and actions based thereon may refer to the "Pierce County Code" sections or to the underlying ordinance and/or resolution upon which the prosecution or action is based. Amendments to any ordinances or resolutions or portions thereof of Pierce County shall also refer to the "Pierce County Code" sections under which such ordinances or resolutions are codified.