A California city has had it with the gender binary. Officially!

Berkeley city officials voted this week to remove all gendered language from its municipal codes, CNN reports. Words like "manhole" and "manpower" will be replaced by gender-neutral terms like "maintenance hole" and "human effort."

"There's power in language," says Berkeley city council member Rigel Robinson, the bill's primary author. "This is a small move, but it matters."

According to the new ordinance, which was passed without discussion or controversy, revised city documents also will replace gendered pronouns such as "he" and "she" with "they."

"Having a male-centric municipal code is inaccurate and not reflective of our reality," Robinson adds. "Women and non-binary individuals are just as entitled to accurate representation. Our laws are for everyone, and our municipal code should reflect that."

Among the other code changes, fraternities and sororities will be referred to as “Collegiate Greek system residences,” pregnant women will be called “pregnant employees,” and “watchmen” will be “guards.”

If the council approves the ordinance following a second reading next week, NBC Bay Area reports, the new code will go into effect late August and cost the city about $600 to update.

California is the first state in the U.S. to legally recognize a third gender option. Under the state’s Gender Recognition Act, which went into effect January 1, trans and gender nonconforming Californians can identify as nonbinary on all government-issued IDs and state documents, including birth certificates and driver’s licenses.