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- 1. CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GRINNELL, IOWA
- 2. SUPPLEMENT RECORD
- 3. CHAPTER 1 CODE OF ORDINANCES
- 4. CHAPTER 2 CHARTER
- 5. CHAPTER 3 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 URBAN REVITALIZATION
- 12. CHAPTER 11 REINVESTMENT DISTRICT
- 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 CITY MANAGER
- 20. CHAPTER 22 LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
- 21. CHAPTER 23 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
- 22. CHAPTER 24 PARK BOARD
- 23. CHAPTER 25 PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD
- 24. CHAPTER 26 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
- 25. CHAPTER 27 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
- 26. CHAPTER 28 AIRPORT ZONING COMMISSION
- 27. CHAPTER 29 HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
- 28. CHAPTER 30 VETERANS MEMORIAL COMMISSION
- 29. CHAPTER 31 GRINNELL HOUSING COMMISSION
- 30. CHAPTER 32 RENAISSANCE BOARD
- 31. CHAPTER 35 POLICE DEPARTMENT
- 32. CHAPTER 36 RESERVE PEACE OFFICERS
- 33. CHAPTER 37 FIRE DEPARTMENT
- 34. CHAPTER 38 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SPILLS
- 35. CHAPTER 40 PUBLIC PEACE
- 36. CHAPTER 41 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
- 37. CHAPTER 42 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY
- 38. CHAPTER 43 DRUG PARAPHERNALIA
- 39. CHAPTER 45 ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND INTOXICATION
- 40. CHAPTER 46 MINORS
- 41. CHAPTER 47 PARK REGULATIONS
- 42. CHAPTER 50 NUISANCE ABATEMENT PROCEDURE
- 43. CHAPTER 51 JUNK AND JUNK VEHICLES
- 44. CHAPTER 52 GRASS AND WEEDS
- 45. CHAPTER 53 NOISE CONTROL
- 46. CHAPTER 55 ANIMAL PROTECTION AND CONTROL
- 47. CHAPTER 56 CAT AND DOG LICENSES REQUIRED
- 48. CHAPTER 57 VICIOUS DOGS AND WILD ANIMALS
- 49. CHAPTER 58 URBAN CHICKENS
- 50. CHAPTER 60 ADMINISTRATION OF TRAFFIC CODE
- 51. CHAPTER 61 TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
- 52. CHAPTER 62 GENERAL TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
- 53. CHAPTER 63 SPEED REGULATIONS
- 54. CHAPTER 64 TURNING REGULATIONS
- 55. CHAPTER 65 STOP OR YIELD REQUIRED
- 56. CHAPTER 66 LOAD AND WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS
- 57. CHAPTER 67 ROLLER SKATES, IN-LINE SKATES, SKATEBOARDS AND SCOOTERS
- 58. CHAPTER 68 ONE-WAY TRAFFIC
- 59. CHAPTER 69 PARKING REGULATIONS
- 60. CHAPTER 70 TRAFFIC CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES
- 61. CHAPTER 71 MOTOR VEHICLE NOISE
- 62. CHAPTER 72 AUTOMATED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT
- 63. CHAPTER 75 ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES, UTILITY VEHICLES, AND SNOWMOBILES
- 64. CHAPTER 76 BICYCLE REGULATIONS
- 65. CHAPTER 80 ABANDONED VEHICLES
- 66. CHAPTER 81 RAILROAD REGULATIONS
- 67. CHAPTER 90 WATER SERVICE SYSTEM
- 68. CHAPTER 91 WATER METERS
- 69. CHAPTER 92 WATER RATES
- 70. CHAPTER 93 WATER WELL PROTECTION
- 71. CHAPTER 94 WATER BENEFITED DISTRICT CONNECTION CHARGES
- 72. CHAPTER 94A CROSS CONNECTION CONTROL
- 73. CHAPTER 95 SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM
- 74. CHAPTER 96 BUILDING SEWERS AND CONNECTIONS
- 75. CHAPTER 97 USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS
- 76. CHAPTER 98 ON-SITE WASTEWATER SYSTEMS
- 77. CHAPTER 99 SEWER USER CHARGE
- 78. CHAPTER 100 LIQUID WASTE HAULERS
- 79. CHAPTER 101 SEWER BENEFITED DISTRICT CONNECTION CHARGES
- 80. CHAPTER 102 STORM WATER UTILITY
- 81. CHAPTER 103 SUMP PUMP DISCONNECTION PROGRAM
- 82. CHAPTER 105 SOLID WASTE CONTROL
- 83. CHAPTER 106 COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE
- 84. CHAPTER 110 NATURAL GAS FRANCHISE
- 85. CHAPTER 111 ELECTRIC FRANCHISE
- 86. CHAPTER 112 CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE
- 87. CHAPTER 113 CABLE TELEVISION REGULATIONS
- 88. CHAPTER 114 CABLE TELEVISION RATE REGULATIONS
- 89. CHAPTER 115 CEMETERY
- 90. CHAPTER 116 ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION FRANCHISE
- 91. CHAPTER 120 LIQUOR LICENSES AND WINE AND BEER PERMITS
- 92. CHAPTER 121 CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO PERMITS
- 93. CHAPTER 122 PEDDLERS, SOLICITORS AND TRANSIENT MERCHANTS
- 94. CHAPTER 123 HOUSE MOVERS
- 95. CHAPTER 124 HOTEL/MOTEL TAX
- 96. CHAPTER 125 ADULT ENTERTAINMENT
- 97. CHAPTER 126 MOBILE FOOD UNITS AND FOOD TRUCKS
- 98. CHAPTER 135 STREET USE AND MAINTENANCE
- 99. CHAPTER 136 SIDEWALK REGULATIONS
- 100. CHAPTER 137 VACATION AND DISPOSAL OF STREETS
- 101. CHAPTER 138 STREET GRADES
- 102. CHAPTER 139 NAMING OF STREETS
- 103. CHAPTER 140 DRIVEWAYS AND CULVERTS
- 104. CHAPTER 141 CONTROLLED ACCESS FACILITIES
- 105. CHAPTER 145 MANUFACTURED AND MOBILE HOMES
- 106. CHAPTER 150 BUILDING NUMBERING
- 107. CHAPTER 151 TREES
- 108. CHAPTER 152 LANDSCAPE REGULATIONS
- 109. CHAPTER 153 ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS - IOWA HIGHWAY 146 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 6 CORRIDORS
- 110. CHAPTER 154 RENTAL INSPECTIONS
- 111. CHAPTER 155 STATE BUILDING CODE
- 112. CHAPTER 156 FIRE CODE
- 113. CHAPTER 157 SIGNS
- 114. CHAPTER 158 COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
- 115. CHAPTER 159 OUTDOOR LIGHTING CODE
- 116. CHAPTER 160 PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE
- 117. CHAPTER 161 WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS
- 118. CHAPTER 165 ZONING REGULATIONS
- 119. CHAPTER 170 SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
- 120. CHAPTER 175 AIRPORT ZONING REGULATIONS
- 121. CHAPTER 180 FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
- 122. USE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
- 123. SUGGESTED FORM