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- 1. CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EARLHAM, IOWA
- 2. SUPPLEMENT RECORD
- 3. CHAPTER 1 CODE OF ORDINANCES
- 4. CHAPTER 2 CHARTER
- 5. CHAPTER 3 BOUNDARIES
- 6. CHAPTER 4 MUNICIPAL INFRACTIONS
- 7. CHAPTER 5 OPERATING PROCEDURES
- 8. CHAPTER 6 CITY ELECTIONS
- 9. CHAPTER 7 FISCAL MANAGEMENT
- 10. CHAPTER 8 INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS
- 11. CHAPTER 9 URBAN RENEWAL
- 12. CHAPTER 10 URBAN REVITALIZATION
- 13. CHAPTER 15 MAYOR
- 14. CHAPTER 16 MAYOR PRO TEM
- 15. CHAPTER 17 CITY COUNCIL
- 16. CHAPTER 18 CITY CLERK
- 17. CHAPTER 19 CITY TREASURER
- 18. CHAPTER 20 CITY ATTORNEY
- 19. CHAPTER 21 LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
- 20. CHAPTER 22 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
- 21. CHAPTER 23 PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD
- 22. CHAPTER 24 COMMUNITY CENTER BOARD
- 23. CHAPTER 30 POLICE DEPARTMENT
- 24. CHAPTER 35 FIRE DEPARTMENT
- 25. CHAPTER 36 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SPILLS
- 26. CHAPTER 40 PUBLIC PEACE
- 27. CHAPTER 41 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
- 28. CHAPTER 42 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY
- 29. CHAPTER 45 ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND INTOXICATION
- 30. CHAPTER 46 MINORS
- 31. CHAPTER 47 PARK REGULATIONS
- 32. CHAPTER 50 NUISANCE ABATEMENT PROCEDURE
- 33. CHAPTER 51 JUNK AND JUNK VEHICLES
- 34. CHAPTER 52 MOWING OF PROPERTIES
- 35. CHAPTER 55 ANIMAL PROTECTION AND CONTROL
- 36. CHAPTER 56 DOG LICENSE REQUIRED
- 37. CHAPTER 57 DANGEROUS AND VICIOUS ANIMALS
- 38. CHAPTER 58 HORSES
- 39. CHAPTER 60 ADMINISTRATION OF TRAFFIC CODE
- 40. CHAPTER 61 TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
- 41. CHAPTER 62 GENERAL TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
- 42. CHAPTER 63 SPEED REGULATIONS
- 43. CHAPTER 64 TURNING REGULATIONS
- 44. CHAPTER 65 STOP OR YIELD REQUIRED
- 45. CHAPTER 66 LOAD AND WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS
- 46. CHAPTER 67 PEDESTRIANS
- 47. CHAPTER 68 ONE-WAY TRAFFIC
- 48. CHAPTER 69 PARKING REGULATIONS
- 49. CHAPTER 70 TRAFFIC CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES
- 50. CHAPTER 75 GOLF CARTS, ATVS, UTVS, AND SNOWMOBILES
- 51. CHAPTER 76 BICYCLE REGULATIONS
- 52. CHAPTER 80 ABANDONED VEHICLES
- 53. CHAPTER 81 RAILROAD REGULATIONS
- 54. CHAPTER 90 WATER SERVICE SYSTEM
- 55. CHAPTER 91 WATER METERS
- 56. CHAPTER 92 WATER RATES
- 57. CHAPTER 93 BENEFITED WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT
- 58. CHAPTER 95 SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM
- 59. CHAPTER 96 BUILDING SEWERS AND CONNECTIONS
- 60. CHAPTER 97 USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS
- 61. CHAPTER 99 SEWER SERVICE CHARGES
- 62. CHAPTER 100 STORM WATER MANAGEMENT UTILITY
- 63. CHAPTER 105 SOLID WASTE CONTROL
- 64. CHAPTER 106 COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE
- 65. CHAPTER 110 NATURAL GAS FRANCHISE
- 66. CHAPTER 111 ELECTRIC FRANCHISE
- 67. CHAPTER 114 CABLE TELEVISION REGULATIONS
- 68. CHAPTER 115 REGULATION OF CABLE TELEVISION RATES
- 69. CHAPTER 116 CEMETERY
- 70. CHAPTER 120 LIQUOR LICENSES AND WINE AND BEER PERMITS
- 71. CHAPTER 121 CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO PERMITS
- 72. CHAPTER 122 PEDDLERS, SOLICITORS, TRANSIENT MERCHANTS AND MOBILE FOOD VENDORS
- 73. CHAPTER 123 HOUSE MOVERS
- 74. CHAPTER 124 JUNK DEALERS
- 75. CHAPTER 125 PUBLIC AMUSEMENT CENTERS
- 76. CHAPTER 126 OUTDOOR ADVERTISING SIGNS
- 77. CHAPTER 135 STREET USE AND MAINTENANCE
- 78. CHAPTER 136 SIDEWALK REGULATIONS
- 79. CHAPTER 137 VACATION AND DISPOSAL OF STREETS
- 80. CHAPTER 138 STREET GRADES
- 81. CHAPTER 139 NAMING OF STREETS
- 82. CHAPTER 140 DRIVEWAY APPROACHES AND CURB CUTS
- 83. CHAPTER 145 DANGEROUS BUILDINGS
- 84. CHAPTER 146 MANUFACTURED AND MOBILE HOMES
- 85. CHAPTER 150 BUILDING NUMBERING
- 86. CHAPTER 151 TREES
- 87. CHAPTER 152 BUILDING CODES
- 88. CHAPTER 154 TEMPORARY STORAGE CONTAINERS
- 89. (Ch. 154 - Ord. 470 - Mar. 25 Supp.)
- 90. CHAPTER 165 ZONING REGULATIONS
- 91. CHAPTER 166 SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
- 92. USE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES