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- 1. CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF FOREST CITY, IOWA, 2007
- 2. CHAPTER 1 CODE OF ORDINANCES
- 3. CHAPTER 2 CHARTER
- 4. CHAPTER 3 BOUNDARIES
- 5. CHAPTER 4 MUNICIPAL INFRACTIONS
- 6. CHAPTER 5 OPERATING PROCEDURES
- 7. CHAPTER 6 CITY ELECTIONS
- 8. CHAPTER 7 FISCAL MANAGEMENT
- 9. CHAPTER 8 INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS
- 10. CHAPTER 9 URBAN RENEWAL
- 11. CHAPTER 10 REVITALIZATION AREAS
- 12. CHAPTER 11 HOTEL/MOTEL TAX
- 13. CHAPTER 15 MAYOR
- 14. CHAPTER 16 MAYOR PRO TEM
- 15. CHAPTER 17 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 PARK COMMISSION
- 22. CHAPTER 24 AIRPORT ZONING COMMISSION
- 23. CHAPTER 25 AIRPORT COMMISSION
- 24. CHAPTER 26 BOARD OF CEMETERY TRUSTEES
- 25. CHAPTER 27 CITY ADMINISTRATOR
- 26. CHAPTER 30 POLICE DEPARTMENT
- 27. CHAPTER 31 RESERVE POLICE FORCE
- 28. CHAPTER 35 FIRE DEPARTMENT
- 29. CHAPTER 36 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SPILLS
- 30. CHAPTER 40 PUBLIC PEACE
- 31. CHAPTER 41 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
- 32. CHAPTER 42 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY
- 33. CHAPTER 43 DRUG PARAPHERNALIA
- 34. CHAPTER 45 ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND INTOXICATION
- 35. CHAPTER 45A SOCIAL HOST
- 36. CHAPTER 46 MINORS
- 37. CHAPTER 47 PARK REGULATIONS
- 38. CHAPTER 48 CONTROL OF MOTORIZED VEHICLES AND ANIMALS IN RECREATION AREAS
- 39. CHAPTER 50 NUISANCE ABATEMENT PROCEDURE
- 40. CHAPTER 51 JUNK AND JUNK VEHICLES
- 41. CHAPTER 52 PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
- 42. CHAPTER 55 ANIMAL PROTECTION AND CONTROL
- 43. CHAPTER 60 ADMINISTRATION OF TRAFFIC CODE
- 44. CHAPTER 61 TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
- 45. CHAPTER 62 GENERAL TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
- 46. CHAPTER 63 SPEED REGULATIONS
- 47. CHAPTER 64 TURNING REGULATIONS
- 48. CHAPTER 65 STOP OR YIELD REQUIRED
- 49. CHAPTER 66 LOAD AND WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS
- 50. CHAPTER 67 PEDESTRIANS
- 51. CHAPTER 68 ONE-WAY TRAFFIC
- 52. CHAPTER 69 PARKING REGULATIONS
- 53. CHAPTER 70 TRAFFIC CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES
- 54. CHAPTER 75 ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES AND SNOWMOBILES
- 55. CHAPTER 76 BICYCLE REGULATIONS
- 56. CHAPTER 77 MOPED REGULATIONS
- 57. CHAPTER 80 ABANDONED VEHICLES
- 58. CHAPTER 81 RAILROAD REGULATIONS
- 59. CHAPTER 82 ALTERNATIVE STREET VEHICLES (ASV)
- 60. CHAPTER 90 WATER SERVICE SYSTEM
- 61. CHAPTER 91 WATER METERS
- 62. CHAPTER 92 WATER RATES
- 63. CHAPTER 93 WATER CONSERVATION
- 64. CHAPTER 94 WELLHEAD PROTECTION REGULATIONS
- 65. CHAPTER 95 SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM
- 66. CHAPTER 96 BUILDING SEWERS AND CONNECTIONS
- 67. CHAPTER 97 USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS
- 68. CHAPTER 98 ON-SITE WASTEWATER SYSTEMS
- 69. CHAPTER 99 SEWER SERVICE CHARGES
- 70. CHAPTER 100 NORTHWEST FOREST CITY MUNICIPAL SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT
- 71. CHAPTER 101 SOUTHEAST FOREST CITY MUNICIPAL SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT
- 72. CHAPTER 102 EAST FOREST CITY MUNICIPAL SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT
- 73. CHAPTER 105 SOLID WASTE CONTROL
- 74. CHAPTER 106 COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE
- 75. CHAPTER 107 RECYCLING
- 76. CHAPTER 110 NATURAL GAS FRANCHISE
- 77. CHAPTER 111 ELECTRIC UTILITY
- 78. CHAPTER 112 TELEPHONE FRANCHISE
- 79. CHAPTER 113 CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE
- 80. CHAPTER 114 CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE
- 81. CHAPTER 115 CABLE TELEVISION REGULATIONS
- 82. CHAPTER 116 REGULATION OF CABLE TELEVISION RATES
- 83. CHAPTER 117 REMOVAL OF UTILITY FACILITIES
- 84. CHAPTER 118 ENERGY PROVIDER FRANCHISE FEE
- 85. CHAPTER 120 LIQUOR LICENSES AND WINE AND BEER PERMITS
- 86. CHAPTER 121 CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO PERMITS
- 87. CHAPTER 122 PEDDLERS, SOLICITORS AND TRANSIENT MERCHANTS
- 88. CHAPTER 123 HOUSE MOVERS
- 89. CHAPTER 124 JUNK DEALERS AND JUNK YARDS
- 90. CHAPTER 125 TRANSPORTATION AND DISPOSAL OF SEPTIC TANK AND CESSPOOL REFUSE
- 91. CHAPTER 135 STREET USE AND MAINTENANCE
- 92. CHAPTER 136 SIDEWALK REGULATIONS
- 93. CHAPTER 137 VACATION AND DISPOSAL OF STREETS
- 94. CHAPTER 138 STREET GRADES
- 95. CHAPTER 139 NAMING OF STREETS
- 96. CHAPTER 140 CONTROLLED ACCESS FACILITIES
- 97. CHAPTER 141 MAILBOXES
- 98. CHAPTER 142 STORM WATER DRAINAGE UTILITY SYSTEM DISTRICT
- 99. CHAPTER 143 STORM WATER MANAGEMENT
- 100. CHAPTER 144 TRAIL REGULATIONS
- 101. CHAPTER 145 DANGEROUS BUILDINGS
- 102. CHAPTER 146 FIRE ZONE
- 103. CHAPTER 150 BUILDING NUMBERING
- 104. CHAPTER 151 TREES
- 105. CHAPTER 152 GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS
- 106. CHAPTER 155 STANDARD CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS
- 107. CHAPTER 160 FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
- 108. CHAPTER 165 ZONING REGULATIONS
- 109. CHAPTER 170 SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
- 110. CHAPTER 175 AIRPORT ZONING REGULATIONS