County Code Hosting Platform

The Vendor is required to provide to develop and implement an online code hosting platform to modernize and improve the public presentation and accessibility of the county code.
- Objectives:
• Improve public accessibility and usability of the County Code
• Provide a structured and intuitive navigation experience
• Enable full-text search across the entire Code
• Support internal staff in maintaining and updating Code content
- Structured Code Organization
• The system shall support the current hierarchical organization of the County Code, including:
• Chapters
• Sections
• Optional intermediate groupings, i.e. Articles and Divisions
• Navigation elements, including tables of contents, should be automatically generated and updated based on the Code structure
- Unit-Based Content Management
• Code content shall be managed at defined, structured levels, rather than as whole documents
• Each section shall be stored as structured content with defined fields, including:
• Section number
• Section title
• Body text
• Source notes (contains links to the ordinances that amended that particular section)
• Staff should be able to create, edit, and update individual sections at a time
• The system should support structured display of non-standard content, including editor's notes, tables, appendices, and similarly formatted materials
• The system shall support flexible section numbering, including non-sequential and inserted sections, without requiring renumbering of existing sections
- Search Functionality
• Full-text search across the entire Code
• Keyword and phrase-based search
• Search results should display relevant sections with clear navigation links
- Navigation and Linking
• A persistent navigation interface (e.g., left-hand sidebar) for browsing Code structure
• Automatically generated tables of contents for chapters and other groupings
• Ability to create internal links between sections (cross-references) and ability to link to externally-hosted content or web pages
• Links should be clickable and navigable within the platform
- Public Interface
• Clean, user-friendly interface accessible via standard web browsers
• Text formatting, including paragraph justification and organization alignment within sections and subsections, should be visually consistent with the current County Code presentation standards
• Mobile-responsive design
• Display Code content in a readable, text-based, and ADA accessible format
• Ability for users to print, download, and share selected portions of the Code, such as:
• Individual sections
• Multiple sections
• Articles or divisions (where applicable)
• Entire chapters
• Downloaded or printed content should maintain clear formatting and readability consistent with the online display
- Content Editing and Publishing
• Ability for authorized staff to
• Create and edit sections, divisions, articles, or chapters
• Save content in draft form
• Preview content prior to publication
• Publish updates to the public interface
• The system should support controlled publishing to prevent unintended changes from going live immediately
• Visual editing interface that supports basic text formatting controls sufficient to maintain consistency with current Code presentation standards