CHAPTER 177
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND HOUSING CODE

Section Number	Title	IPMC Section
177.01	Short Title
177.02	Adoption of Property Maintenance Code
177.03	Amendments, Modification, Additions and Deletions
177.04	Title	101.1
177.05	Application of Other Codes	102.3
177.06	Existing CSST - Bonding Required	102.9.1
177.07	Housing Code	102.12
177.08	Creation of Enforcement Agency	103.1
177.09	Fees	104.1
177.10	Work Commencing Before Permit Issuance	104.3
177.11	Means of Appeal	107
177.12	Weeds	302.4
177.13	Insect Screens	304.14
177.14	Clothes Dryer Transition Duct	403.5
177.15	Room Area	404.4.1
177.16	Heat Supply	602.3
177.17	Occupiable Work Spaces	602.4
177.18	Receptacles	605.2
177.19	Emergency Escape Opening	702.4
177.20	Portable Fire Extinguishers	706

 

177.01 SHORT TITLE.

This chapter shall be known as the Ankeny Property Maintenance and Housing Code, and may be cited as such, and may be referred to herein as this chapter.

177.02 ADOPTION OF PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE.

The International Property Maintenance Code 2021 Edition; published by the International Code Council, Inc., is hereby adopted except for such portions as may be hereinafter deleted, modified or amended.

177.03 AMENDMENTS, MODIFICATIONS, ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS.

The International Property Maintenance Code, 2021 Edition (hereinafter known as the IPMC), is amended as hereinafter set out in Sections 177.04 through 177.20

177.04 SECTION 101.1 AMENDED - TITLE.

Section 101.1, Title, of the IPMC is hereby deleted and there is enacted in lieu thereof the following section:

Section 101.1 Title.  These regulations shall be known as the Ankeny Property Maintenance and Housing Code, hereinafter known as “this code.”

177.05 SECTION 102.3 AMENDED - APPLICATION OF OTHER CODES.

Section 102.3 Application of other codes, of the IPMC, is hereby amended by deleting said section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

Section 102.3 Application of other codes Repairs, additions or alterations to a structure, or changes of occupancy, shall be done in accordance with the procedures and provisions, as applicable, of the Ankeny Building Code, Ankeny Existing Building Code, Ankeny Residential Code, Ankeny Mechanical Code, Ankeny Fuel Gas Code, Ankeny Plumbing Code, Ankeny Fire Code, the Ankeny Electrical Code and the Ankeny Zoning Code.