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Ankeny, IA, Iowa Code of Ordinances
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ANKENY, IOWA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SUPPLEMENT RECORD
GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 1 CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHAPTER 2 CHARTER
CHAPTER 3 VOTING PRECINCTS
CHAPTER 4 MUNICIPAL INFRACTIONS
CHAPTER 5 OPERATING PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 6 CITY ELECTIONS
CHAPTER 7 INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS
CHAPTER 7A PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR SPECULATIVE SHELL BUILDINGS
CHAPTER 8 URBAN RENEWAL
CHAPTER 9 URBAN REVITALIZATION
CHAPTER 10 HOTEL/MOTEL TAX
CHAPTER 11 SPECIAL EVENTS
CHAPTER 12 THE USE AND TRANSFER OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT COLLECTIONS
CHAPTER 15 MAYOR
CHAPTER 16 MAYOR PRO TEM
CHAPTER 17 CITY COUNCIL
CHAPTER 18 CITY CLERK
CHAPTER 19 CITY MANAGER
CHAPTER 20 CITY ATTORNEY
CHAPTER 21 LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CHAPTER 22 PLAN AND ZONING COMMISSION
CHAPTER 23 PARK BOARD
CHAPTER 24 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
CHAPTER 25 ANKENY CULTURAL ARTS BOARD
CHAPTER 26 ANKENY SPORTS COMPLEX FOUNDATION, INC.
CHAPTER 27 MAYOR’S YOUTH COUNCIL
CHAPTER 28 BOARD OF EXAMINERS AND APPEALS
CHAPTER 29 AIRPORT ZONING COMMISSION
CHAPTER 30 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
CHAPTER 31 HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
CHAPTER 35 POLICE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 36 FIRE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 37 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
CHAPTER 38 FALSE FIRE ALARMS
CHAPTER 40 PUBLIC PEACE
CHAPTER 41 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 42 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY
CHAPTER 43 DRUG PARAPHERNALIA
CHAPTER 44 NOISE CONTROL
CHAPTER 45 ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND INTOXICATION
CHAPTER 46 MINORS
CHAPTER 47 PARK REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 48 RESIDENCY RESTRICTIONS FOR SEX OFFENDERS
CHAPTER 49 CAMPING
CHAPTER 50 NUISANCE ABATEMENT PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 51 JUNK AND JUNK VEHICLES
CHAPTER 55 ANIMAL PROTECTION AND CONTROL
CHAPTER 56 DOG AND CAT LICENSES REQUIRED
CHAPTER 57 DANGEROUS AND VICIOUS ANIMALS
CHAPTER 58 URBAN CHICKENS
CHAPTER 60 ADMINISTRATION OF TRAFFIC CODE
CHAPTER 61 TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
CHAPTER 62 GENERAL TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 63 SPEED REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 64 TURNING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 65 STOP OR YIELD REQUIRED
CHAPTER 66 LOAD AND WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS
CHAPTER 67 PEDESTRIANS
CHAPTER 68 ONE-WAY TRAFFIC
CHAPTER 69 PARKING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 70 TRAFFIC CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 75 ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES AND SNOWMOBILES
CHAPTER 76 BICYCLE AND PERSONAL TRANSPORATION DEVICES REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 77 BICYCLE REGISTRATION
CHAPTER 80 ABANDONED VEHICLES
CHAPTER 81 RAILROAD REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 82 MULTI-USE RECREATIONAL TRAILS
CHAPTER 90 WATER SERVICE SYSTEM
CHAPTER 91 WATER METERS
CHAPTER 92 WATER RATES
CHAPTER 93 BACKFLOW PREVENTION
CHAPTER 94 CONNECTION REQUIREMENTS FOR MAJOR SANITARY SEWER AND WATER MAIN FACILITIES
CHAPTER 95 SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM
CHAPTER 96 BUILDING SEWERS AND CONNECTIONS
CHAPTER 97 ON-SITE WASTEWATER SYSTEMS
CHAPTER 98 SEWER USE CHARGE
CHAPTER 99 SEWER CONNECTION DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 100 REGULATION OF INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER
CHAPTER 101 REGULATION OF FAT, OIL AND GREASE DISCHARGE BY FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS
CHAPTER 102 REGULATION OF HAULED WASTE
CHAPTER 103 FOOTING DRAIN DISCONNECTION PROGRAM
CHAPTER 105 ILLICIT DISCHARGE TO STORM SEWER SYSTEM
CHAPTER 106 STORMWATER UTILITY
CHAPTER 107 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FEES
CHAPTER 110 SOLID WASTE CONTROL
CHAPTER 111 COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE
CHAPTER 112 MUNICIPAL RECYCLING
CHAPTER 113 SOLID WASTE ENTERPRISE FUND - CURBSIDE RECYCLING AND LEAF, TREE, BRANCH AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEM COLLECTION SYSTEM
CHAPTER 115 NATURAL GAS FRANCHISE - MID-AMERICAN
CHAPTER 116 NATURAL GAS AND ELECTRIC FRANCHISE - CONSUMERS ENERGY
CHAPTER 117 ELECTRIC FRANCHISE
CHAPTER 118 TELEPHONE FRANCHISE
CHAPTER 119 CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE
CHAPTER 120 CABLE TELEVISION REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 121 NATURAL GAS FRANCHISE - BLACK HILLS ENERGY
CHAPTER 122 NON-FRANCHISE UTILITY ACCOMMODATION
CHAPTER 130 LIQUOR LICENSES AND WINE AND BEER PERMITS
CHAPTER 131 CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO PERMITS
CHAPTER 132 PEDDLERS, SOLICITORS AND TRANSIENT MERCHANTS
CHAPTER 133 HOUSE MOVERS
CHAPTER 135 ALARM SYSTEMS
CHAPTER 136 LICENSING OF MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS
CHAPTER 137 LICENSING OF PLUMBERS
CHAPTER 138 LICENSING OF ELECTRICIANS
CHAPTER 139 MASSAGE THERAPISTS
CHAPTER 140 SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES
CHAPTER 141 PAWNBROKERS
CHAPTER 142 MOBILE FOOD VENDORS
CHAPTER 143 ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT
CHAPTER 150 STREET USE AND MAINTENANCE
CHAPTER 151 EXCAVATIONS
CHAPTER 152 SIDEWALK REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 153 VACATION AND DISPOSAL OF STREETS
CHAPTER 154 STREET GRADES
CHAPTER 155 NAMING OF STREETS
CHAPTER 156 DRIVEWAYS
CHAPTER 157 MAILBOXES
CHAPTER 158 CONTROLLED ACCESS FACILITIES
CHAPTER 165 BUILDING NUMBERING
CHAPTER 166 TREES
CHAPTER 167 NOXIOUS WEEDS
CHAPTER 168 DRAINAGE CHANNELS
CHAPTER 169 CONSTRUCTION SITE EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL
CHAPTER 175 BUILDING CODE
CHAPTER 176 MECHANICAL CODE
CHAPTER 177 PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND HOUSING CODE
CHAPTER 178 PLUMBING CODE
CHAPTER 179 ELECTRICAL CODE
CHAPTER 180 FIRE CODE
CHAPTER 181 FUEL GAS CODE
CHAPTER 182 EXISTING BUILDING CODE
CHAPTER 183 SWIMMING POOL AND SPA CODE
CHAPTER 184 RESIDENTIAL CODE
CHAPTER 190 ZONING ORDINANCE DEFINITIONS
CHAPTER 191 ZONING ORDINANCE GENERAL REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 192 ZONING ORDINANCE DISTRICT REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 193 ZONING ORDINANCE FLOOD PLAIN REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 194 ZONING ORDINANCE PARKING, LOADING AND SCREENING
CHAPTER 195 ZONING ORDINANCE SIGNS
CHAPTER 196 ZONING ORDINANCE NONCONFORMING USES, EXCEPTIONS AND AMENDMENTS
CHAPTER 197 ZONING ORDINANCE ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 200 SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 201 ANKENY REGIONAL AIRPORT ZONING
CHAPTER 40
PUBLIC PEACE
 
40.01 Assault
40.05 Failure to Disperse
40.02 Harassment
40.06 Parties to Municipal Ordinance Violations
40.03 Disorderly Conduct
40.07 Extreme Fighting Contests
40.04 Unlawful Assembly
 
40.01 ASSAULT.
No person shall, without justification, commit any of the following:
   1.   Pain or Injury. Any act which is intended to cause pain or injury to, or which is intended to result in physical contact which will be insulting or offensive to another, coupled with the apparent ability to execute the act.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 708.1[1])
   2.   Threat of Pain or Injury. Any act which is intended to place another in fear of immediate physical contact which will be painful, injurious, insulting, or offensive, coupled with the apparent ability to execute the act.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 708.1[2])
An act described in Subsections 1 and 2 shall not be an assault under the following circumstances: (i) if the person doing any of the enumerated acts, and such other person, are voluntary participants in a sport, social or other activity, not in itself criminal, and such act is a reasonably foreseeable incident of such sport or activity, and does not create an unreasonable risk of serious injury or breach of the peace; (ii) if the person doing any of the enumerated acts is employed by a school district or accredited nonpublic school, or is an area education agency staff member who provides services to a school or school district, and intervenes in a fight or physical struggle or other disruptive situation that takes place in the presence of the employee or staff member performing employment duties in a school building, on school grounds, or at an official school function, regardless of the location, whether the fight or physical struggle or other disruptive situation is between students or other individuals, if the degree and the force of the intervention is reasonably necessary to restore order and to protect the safety of those assembled.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 708.1)
40.02 HARASSMENT.
No person shall commit harassment.
1.   A person commits harassment when, with intent to intimidate, annoy or alarm another person, the person does any of the following:
   A.   Communicates with another by telephone, telegraph, writing or via electronic communication without legitimate purpose and in a manner likely to cause the other person annoyance or harm.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 708.7)
   B.   Places any simulated explosive or simulated incendiary device in or near any building, vehicle, airplane, railroad engine or railroad car, or boat occupied by the other person.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 708.7)
   C.   Orders merchandise or services in the name of another, or to be delivered to another, without such other person’s knowledge or consent.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 708.7)
   D.   Reports or causes to be reported false information to a law enforcement authority implicating another in some criminal activity, knowing that the information is false, or reports the alleged occurrence of a criminal act, knowing the same did not occur.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 708.7)
2.   A person commits harassment when the person, purposefully and without legitimate purpose, has personal contact with another person, with the intent to threaten, intimidate or alarm that other person. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, “personal contact” means an encounter in which two or more people are in visual or physical proximity to each other. “Personal contact” does not require a physical touching or oral communication, although it may include these types of contacts.
40.03 DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
No person shall do any of the following:
1.   Fighting. Engage in fighting or violent behavior in any public place or in or near any lawful assembly of persons, provided that participants in athletic contests may engage in such conduct that is reasonably related to that sport.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 723.4[1a])
2.   Noise. Make loud and raucous noise in the vicinity of any residence or public building which intentionally or recklessly causes unreasonable distress to the occupants thereof.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 723.4[1b])
3.   Abusive Language. Direct abusive epithets or make any threatening gesture that the person knows or reasonably should know is likely to provoke a violent reaction by another.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 723.4[1c])
4.   Disrupt Lawful Assembly. Without lawful authority or color of authority, disturb any lawful assembly or meeting of persons by conduct intended to disrupt the meeting or assembly.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 723.4[1d])
5.   False Report of Catastrophe. By words or action, initiate or circulate a report or warning of fire, epidemic, or other catastrophe, knowing such report to be false or such warning to be baseless.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 723.4[1e])
6.   Disrespect of Flag. Knowingly and publicly use the flag of the United States in such a manner as to show disrespect for the flag as a symbol of the United States, with the intent or reasonable expectation that such use will provoke or encourage another to commit trespass or assault. As used in this subsection:
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 723.4[1f])
   A.   “Deface” means to intentionally mar the external appearance.
   B.   “Defile” means to intentionally make physically unclean.
   C.   “Flag” means a piece of woven cloth or other material designed to be flown from a pole or mast.
   D.   “Mutilate” means to intentionally cut up or alter so as to make imperfect.
   E.   “Show disrespect” means to deface, defile, mutilate, or trample.
   F.   “Trample” means to intentionally tread upon or intentionally cause a machine, vehicle, or animal to read upon
7.   Funeral or Memorial Service. Within 1,000 feet of the building or other location where a funeral or memorial service is being conducted, or within 1,000 feet of a funeral procession or burial:
   A.   Make loud and raucous noise that causes unreasonable distress to the persons attending the funeral or memorial service or participating in the funeral procession.
   B.   Direct abusive epithets or make any threatening gesture that the person knows or reasonably should know is likely to provoke a violent reaction by another.
   C.   Disturb or disrupt the funeral, memorial service, funeral procession, or burial by conduct intended to disturb or disrupt the funeral, memorial service, funeral procession, or burial.
This subsection applies to conduct within 60 minutes preceding, during, and within 60 minutes after a funeral, memorial service, funeral procession, or burial.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 723.5)
(Ord. 2062 - Sep. 21 Supp.)
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