ROCK FALLS, IOWA
MODEL CODE OF ORDINANCES
JULY 1997
CODIFIED BY: NORTH IOWA AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS
121 THIRD STREET NW
MASON CITY, IOWA 50401

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE I GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

1-1-1	Definition
1-1-2	Grammatical Interpretation
1-1-3	Prohibited Acts Include Causing, Permitting.
1-1-4	Construction
1-1-5	Amendment
1-1-6	Severability

CHAPTER 2 RIGHT OF ENTRY

1-2-1

Right of Entry

CHAPTER 3 PENALTY

1-3-1	General Penalty
1-3-2	Civil Penalty

CHAPTER 4 PROCEDURE FOR HEARINGS BY THE CITY COUNCIL

1-4-1	Purpose and Intent
1-4-2	General
1-4-3	Form of Notice and Hearing
1-4-4	Subpoenas
1-4-5	Conduct of Hearing
1-4-6	Method and Form of Decision

TITLE II POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION

CHAPTER 1 CITY CHARTER

2-1-1	Charter
2-1-2	Form of Government
2-1-3	Powers and Duties
2-1-4	Number and Term of City Council
2-1-5	Term of Mayor
2-1-6	Copies on File

CHAPTER 2 APPOINTMENT AND QUALIFICATIONS OF MUNICIPAL OFFICERS

2-2-1	Creation of Appointive Officers
2-2-2	Appointment of Officers
2-2-3	Terms of Appointive Officers
2-2-4	Vacancies in Officers
2-2-5	Resignations
2-2-6	Removal of Appointive Officers
2-2-7	Bonds Required
2-2-8	Surety
2-2-9	Blanket Position Bond
2-2-10	Bonds Filed

CHAPTER 3 POWERS AND DUTIES OF MUNICIPAL OFFICERS

2-3-1	General Duties
2-3-2	Books and Records
2-3-3	Deposits of Municipal Funds
2-3-4	Transfer of Records and Property to Successor
2-3-5	Powers and Duties of the Mayor
2-3-6	Powers and Duties of the Clerk
2-3-7	Powers and Duties of the Police Chief
2-3-8	Powers and Duties of the Attorney
2-3-9	Powers and Duties of the Superintendent Of Public Utilities
2-3-10	Powers and Duties of the Superintendent Of Public Works
2-3-11	Powers and Duties of the Fire Chief

CHAPTER 4 SALARIES OF MUNICIPAL OFFICERS

2-4-1	Council Member
2-4-2	Mayor
2-4-3	Other Officers

CHAPTER 5 CITY FINANCE

2-5-1	Budget Adoption
2-5-2	Budget Amendment
2-5-3	Budget Protest
2-5-4	Accounts and Programs
2-5-5	Annual Report
2-5-6	Council Transfers
2-5-7	Administrative Transfers
2-5-8	Budget Officer
2-5-9	Expenditures
2-5-10	Authorization
2-5-11	Accounting
2-5-12	Budget Accounts
2-5-13	Contingency Accounts

CHAPTER 6 POSTING

2-6-1	Purpose
2-6-2	Listing: Length of Notice
2-6-3	Removing Notice; Unlawful

TITLE III COMMUNITY PROTECTION

CHAPTER 1 OFFENSES

3-1-1	Violations of Chapter
3-1-2	Public Peace
3-1-3	Public Morals
3-1-4	Minors
3-1-5	Animals
3-1-6	Streets
3-1-7	Public Safety and Health
3-1-8	Public Property

CHAPTER 2 NUISANCES

3-2-1	Definitions
3-2-2	Nuisances Prohibited
3-2-3	Other Conditions Regulated
3-3-4	Notice to Abate Nuisance or Condition
3-3-5	Contents of Notice to Abate
3-3-6	Method of Service
3-3-7	Request for Hearing and Appeal
3-3-8	Abatement in Emergency
3-3-9	Abatement by Municipality
3-3-10	Collection of Cost of Abatement
3-3-11	Installation Payment of Cost of Abatement

CHAPTER 3 TRAFFIC CODE

Please see page 37.

CHAPTER 4 RAILROAD REGULATION

3-4-1	Definitions
3-4-2	Warning Signals
3-4-3	Street Crossing Signs and Devices
3-4-4	Street Crossing Obstructions
3-4-5	Maintenance of Crossings
3-4-6	Flying Switches

CHAPTER 5 FIRE PROTECTION

3-5-1	Establishment and Purpose
3-5-2	Volunteer Fire Fighters
3-5-3	Fire Fighter's Duties
3-5-4	Worker's Compensation
3-5-5	Liability Insurance
3-5-6	Fires Outside of City Limits

CHAPTER 6 CURFEW FOR MINORS

3-6-1	Preamble
3-6-2	Findings and Purpose
3-6-3	Definitions
3-6-4	Offenses
3-6-5	Defenses
3-6-6	Enforcement
3-6-7	Minors in Billiard Rooms
3-6-8	Penalty, Municipal Infraction

CHAPTER 7 REGULATING PEDDLERS, SOLICITORS AND TRANSIENT MERCHANTS

3-7-1	Purpose
3-7-2	Definitions
3-7-3	Exemptions
3-7-4	Permits
3-7-5	Requirements
3-7-6	Hours of Solicitation
3-7-7	Consumer Protection Law
3-7-8	Bond Required
3-7-9	Obstruction of Pedestrian or Vehicular Traffic

CHAPTER 8 CIGARETTE LICENSE

3-8-1	Definitions
3-8-2	Permit Required
3-8-3	Issuance
3-8-4	Expiration
3-8-5	Fees
3-8-6	Refunds
3-8-7	Permits Not Transferable
3-8-8	Display

CHAPTER 9 BEER AND LIQUOR LICENSES

3-9-1	Purpose
3-9-2	Required Obedience to Provisions Of This Chapter and State Law
3-9-3	Action by Council
3-9-4	Transfers
3-9-5	Open Alcoholic Beverage Containers
3-9-6	Persons Under the Age of Eighteen
3-9-7	Persons Age Eighteen, Nineteen and Twenty

CHAPTER 10 JUNK AND ABANDONED VEHICLES

3-10-1	Purpose
3-10-2	Definitions
3-10-3	Removal of Abandoned Vehicles
3-10-4	Notification of Owners and Lienholders
3-10-5	Impoundment Fees and Bonds
3-10-6	Hearing Procedures
3-10-7	Auction or Disposal of Abandoned Vehicles
3-10-8	Junk Vehicles Declared a Nuisance
3-10-9	Notice to Abate
3-10-10	Abatement by Municipality
3-10-11	Collection of Cost of Abatement
3-10-12	Exceptions
3-10-13	Interference with Enforcement

TITLE IV MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH

CHAPTER 1 ANIMAL CONTROL

4-1-1	Definitions
4-1-2	License
4-1-3	Immunization
4-1-4	At Large Prohibited
4-1-5	Actions of Dogs Constituting a Nuisance
4-1-6	Impounding
4-1-7	Vicious Dogs
4-1-8	Cruelty to Animals
4-1-9	Exhibitions and Fights
4-1-10	Injuries toAnimals
4-1-11	Bothersome Animals
4-1-12	Kennel Dogs

TITLE V HUMAN DEVELOPMENT - EDUCATION AND CULTURE

CHAPTER 1 LIBRARY SERVICES....................(Reserved)

TITLE VI PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

CHAPTER 1 MOBILE HOME REGULATION

6-1-1	Definitions
6-1-2	Mobile Home Park Plans
6-1-3	Anchoring Trailers
6-1-4	Skirting Required
6-1-5	Parking
6-1-6	Emergency And Temporary Parking
6-1-7	Traffic Code Applicable
6-1-8	Landscaping and Buffering Required
6-1-9	Mobile Home Park and Yard Requirements
6-1-10	Minimum Requirements for Individual Mobile Home Lots
6-1-11	Recreation Areas
6-1-12	Length of Occupancy
6-1-13	Additional Requirements
6-1-14	Commission Review Required

CHAPTER 2 UTILITIES - SANITARY SYSTEM

6-2-1	Definitions
6-2-2	Use of Public Sewers Required
6-2-3	Private Sewage Disposal
6-2-4	Building Sewers and Connections
6-2-5	Interceptors Required
6-2-6	Sewer Tap
6-2-7	Connection Deadline
6-2-8	Inspection Required
6-2-9	Abatement of Violations
6-2-10	Use of Public Sewers
6-2-11	Protection from Damage
6-2-12	Powers and Authority to Inspectors
6-2-13	Penalties

CHAPTER 3 UTILITIES - WATER SYSTEM

Reserved

CHAPTER 4 UTILITIES - REFUSE COLLECTION

6-4-1	Definitions
6-4-2	Collection Fees
6-4-3	Administration
6-4-4	Storage
6-4-5	Collection
6-4-6	Necessity of Permits
6-4-7	Burning of Refuse
6-4-8	Refuse Other Than Garbage
6-4-9	Sanitary Landfill

CHAPTER 5 UTILITIES - BILLING CHARGES

6-5-1	Utility Defined
6-5-2	Districts
6-5-3	Disposition of Fees and Charges
6-5-4	Billing, Penalty
6-5-5	Discontinuing Service Fees
6-5-6	Discontinuing Service, Fees
6-5-7	Water Rates
6-5-8	Refuse Collection Rates

CHAPTER 6 STREET CUTS AND EXCAVATIONS

6-6-1	Excavation Permit Required
6-6-2	Application for Permit
6-6-3	Permit Fees
6-6-4	Safety Measures
6-6-5	Backfilling and Restoration
6-6-6	Rules and Regulations
6-6-7	Public Convenience
6-6-8	Bond Required
6-6-9	Insurance Required
6-6-10	Permit Issued
6-6-11	Notice Required
6-6-12	Regulations
6-6-13	City Supervision
6-6-14	Property Owner's Responsibility

CHAPTER 7 STREET AND SIDEWALK GRADES

6-7-1	Established Grades
6-7-2	Record Maintained

CHAPTER 8 SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS

Reserved

CHAPTER 9 SIDEWALK REGULATIONS

6-9-1	Purpose
6-9-2	Definitions
6-9-3	Cleaning Snow, Ice and Accumulations
6-9-4	Maintenance Responsibility
6-9-5	Liability of Abutting Owner
6-9-6	Ordering Sidewalk Improvements
6-9-7	Repairing Defective Sidewalks
6-9-8	Notice of Inability to Repair or Barricade
6-9-9	Standard Sidewalk Specifications
6-9-10	Permits for Construction or Removal
6-9-11	Failure to Obtain Permit; Remedies
6-9-12	Inspection and Approval
6-9-13	Barricades and Warning Lights
6-9-14	Interference with Sidewalk Improvements
6-9-15	Special Assessments for Construction and Repair
6-9-16	Notice for Assessment for Repair or Cleaning Costs
6-9-17	Hearing and Assessment
6-9-18	Billing and Certifying to County
6-9-19	Awnings
6-9-20	Encroaching Steps
6-9-21	Openings and Enclosures
6-9-22	Fires on Sidewalks
6-9-23	Fuel on Sidewalk
6-9-24	Defacing
6-9-25	Debris on Sidewalks
6-9-26	Merchandise Display
6-9-27	Sales Stands

CHAPTER 10

RESERVED

CHAPTER 11 RESTRICTED RESIDENCE DISTRICT

6-11-1	Purpose
6-11-2	Definitions
6-11-3	District Described
6-11-4	Buildings Permitted
6-11-5	Rules and Regulations
6-11-6	Set Back
6-11-7	Lot Area, Lot Frontage and Yard Requirements
6-11-8	Buildings Requiring Special Permits to Locate Within Restricted Districts
6-11-9	Special Permits
6-11-10	Protest
6-11-11	Fees
6-11-12	Action to Abate
6-11-13	Certifying Ordinance

TITLE VII - SPECIAL ORDINANCES

CHAPTER 1 - VACATION AND DISPOSAL

7-1-1	Power To Vacate
7-1-2	Vacation of Platted Public Lands
7-1-3	Conveyance of Vacated Public Land
7-1-4	Plan Commission
7-1-5	Notice of Vacation Hearing
7-1-6	Findings Required
7-1-7	Disposal of Streets and Alleys
7-1-8	Disposal by Gift Limited

CHAPTER 2 ELECTRIC FRANCHISE

7-2-1	Franchise Granted
7-2-2	Repair of Public Grounds
7-2-3	Interference With Improvements
7-2-4	Extension of Service
7-2-5	Regulation by City
7-2-6	City Liability Limited
7-2-7	Grantee Default
7-2-8	Non-Exclusive Franchise

CHAPTER 3 GAS FRANCHISE

- Reserved -

CHAPTER 4 TELEPHONE FRANCHISE

7-4-1	Franchise Granted
7-5-2	Police Power
7-4-3	Costs
7-4-4	Effective

CHAPTER 5 CABLE FRANCHISE

- Reserved -

CHAPTER 6 PARK REGULATIONS

7-6-1	Purpose
7-6-2	Parking
7-6-3	Use of Drives Required
7-6-4	Fires
7-6-5	Littering
7-6-6	Camping Areas
7-6-7	Use of Parks

CHAPTER 7 - TREES

7-7-1	Purpose
7-7-2	Definitions
7-7-3	Planting Restrictions
7-7-4	Duty To Trim Trees
7-7-5	Assessment
7-7-6	Trimming Trees to be Supervised
7-7-7	Removal of Trees
7-7-8	Replacement of Trees

CHAPTER 8 - FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT

- Reserved -

CHAPTER 9 - HOUSE MOVERS

7-9-1	Purpose
7-9-2	House Mover Defined
7-9-3	Permit Required
7-9-4	Application
7-9-5	Bond Required
7-9-6	Insurance Required
7-9-7	Permit Fee
7-9-8	Permit Issued
7-9-9	Public Safety
7-9-10	Time Limit
7-9-11	Removal by City