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CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ELY, IOWA
SUPPLEMENT RECORD
CHAPTER 1 CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHAPTER 2 CHARTER
CHAPTER 3 MUNICIPAL INFRACTIONS
CHAPTER 5 OPERATING PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 6 CITY ELECTIONS
CHAPTER 7 FISCAL MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 8 URBAN RENEWAL
CHAPTER 15 MAYOR
CHAPTER 16 MAYOR PRO TEM
CHAPTER 17 CITY COUNCIL
CHAPTER 18 CITY CLERK/ADMINISTRATOR
CHAPTER 19 CITY TREASURER
CHAPTER 20 CITY ATTORNEY
CHAPTER 21 LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CHAPTER 22 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
CHAPTER 23 PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
CHAPTER 30 POLICE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 35 FIRE PROTECTION
CHAPTER 36 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SPILLS
CHAPTER 40 PUBLIC PEACE
CHAPTER 41 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 42 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY
CHAPTER 45 ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND INTOXICATION
CHAPTER 46 MINORS
CHAPTER 47 PARK REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 50 NUISANCE ABATEMENT PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 51 JUNK AND JUNK VEHICLES
CHAPTER 52 MOWING OF PROPERTIES
CHAPTER 55 ANIMAL PROTECTION AND CONTROL
CHAPTER 56 DANGEROUS AND VICIOUS ANIMALS
CHAPTER 57 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 REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 77 GOLF CARTS
CHAPTER 78 SKATEBOARDS, SCOOTERS, ROLLER SKATES, AND ROLLER BLADES
CHAPTER 80 ABANDONED VEHICLES
CHAPTER 90 WATER SERVICE SYSTEM
CHAPTER 91 WATER METERS
CHAPTER 92 WATER RATES
CHAPTER 95 SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM
CHAPTER 96 BUILDING SEWERS AND CONNECTIONS
CHAPTER 97 USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS
CHAPTER 98 ON-SITE WASTEWATER SYSTEMS
CHAPTER 99 SEWER SERVICE CHARGES
CHAPTER 100 STORM WATER MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 105 SOLID WASTE CONTROL
CHAPTER 106 COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE
CHAPTER 110 NATURAL GAS FRANCHISE
CHAPTER 111 ELECTRIC FRANCHISE
CHAPTER 112 ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION FRANCHISE
CHAPTER 113 CABLE TELEVISION REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 114 LINN COUNTY RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION ELECTRIC FRANCHISE
CHAPTER 120 LIQUOR LICENSES AND WINE AND BEER PERMITS
CHAPTER 121 CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO PERMITS
CHAPTER 122 PEDDLERS, SOLICITORS, AND TRANSIENT MERCHANTS
CHAPTER 123 HOUSE MOVERS
CHAPTER 124 ADULT-ORIENTED BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS
CHAPTER 135 STREET USE AND MAINTENANCE
CHAPTER 136 SIDEWALK REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 137 VACATION AND DISPOSAL OF STREETS
CHAPTER 138 STREET GRADES
CHAPTER 139 NAMING OF STREETS
CHAPTER 145 DANGEROUS BUILDINGS
CHAPTER 146 MANUFACTURED AND MOBILE HOMES
CHAPTER 147 CONSTRUCTION SITE EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL
CHAPTER 148 ILLICIT DISCHARGE ORDINANCE
CHAPTER 150 BUILDING NUMBERING
CHAPTER 151 TREES
CHAPTER 155 BUILDING CODES
CHAPTER 156 ELECTRICAL CODE
CHAPTER 160 FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 165 ZONING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 170 SUBDIVISION CONTROL
CHAPTER 175 AIRPORT ZONING REGULATIONS
USE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
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69.03   ANGLE PARKING.
Angle or diagonal parking is permitted only in the following locations:
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.361)
   1.   Dows Street, on both sides from Walker Street to Main Street.
69.04   MANNER OF ANGLE PARKING.
Upon those streets or portions of streets that have been signed or marked for angle parking, no person shall park or stand a vehicle other than at an angle to the curb or edge of the roadway or in the center of the roadway as indicated by such signs and markings.  No part of any vehicle or the load thereon, when said vehicle is parked within a diagonal parking district, shall extend into the roadway more than a distance of 16 feet when measured at right angles to the adjacent curb or edge of roadway.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.361)
69.05   PARKING FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES ILLEGAL.
No person shall park a vehicle upon public property for any of the following principal purposes:
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.236[1])
   1.   Sale.  Displaying such vehicle for sale.
   2.   Repairing.  For lubricating, repairing or for commercial washing of such vehicle except such repairs as are necessitated by an emergency.
   3.   Advertising.  Displaying advertising.
   4.   Merchandise Sales.  Selling merchandise from such vehicle except in a duly established market place or when so authorized or licensed under this Code of Ordinances.
69.06   PARKING PROHIBITED.
No one shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a peace officer or traffic control device, in any of the following places:
   1.   Crosswalk.  On a crosswalk.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.358[5])
   2.   Center Parkway.  On the center parkway or dividing area of any divided street.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.236[1])
   3.   Mailboxes.  Within 20 feet on either side of a mailbox that is so placed and so equipped as to permit the depositing of mail from vehicles on the roadway.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.236[1])
   4.   Sidewalks.  On or across a sidewalk.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.358[1])
   5.   Driveway.  In front of a public or private driveway.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.358[2])
   6.   Intersection.  Within an intersection or within 10 feet of an intersection of any street or alley.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.358[3])
   7.   Fire Hydrant.  Within five feet of a fire hydrant.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.358[4])
   8.   Stop Sign or Signal.  Within 10 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop or yield sign, or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.358[6])
   9.   Railroad Crossing.  Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing, except when parked parallel with such rail and not exhibiting a red light.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.358[8])
   10.   Fire Station.  Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of said entrance when properly sign posted.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.358[9])
   11.   Excavations.  Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such stopping, standing or parking would obstruct traffic.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.358[10])
   12.   Double Parking.  On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.358[11])
   13.   Hazardous Locations.  When, because of restricted visibility or when standing or parked vehicles would constitute a hazard to moving traffic, or when other traffic conditions require, the Council may cause curbs to be painted with a yellow color and erect no parking or standing signs.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.358[13])
   14.   Churches, Nursing Homes and Other Buildings.  A space of 50 feet is hereby reserved at the side of the street in front of any theatre, auditorium, hotel having more than 25 sleeping rooms, hospital, nursing home, taxicab stand, bus depot, church, or other building where large assemblages of people are being held, within which space, when clearly marked as such, no motor vehicle shall be left standing, parked or stopped except in taking on or discharging passengers or freight, and then only for such length of time as is necessary for such purpose.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.360)
   15.   Alleys.  No person shall park a vehicle within an alley in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than 10 feet of the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular traffic, and no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle within an alley in such a position as to block the driveway entrance to any abutting property.  The provisions of this subsection do not apply to a vehicle parked in any alley that is 18 feet wide or less, provided that said vehicle is parked to deliver goods or services.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.236[1])
   16.   Ramps.  In front of a curb cut or ramp which is located on public or private property in a manner which blocks access to the curb cut or ramp.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.358[15])
   17.   Area Between Lot Line and Curb Line.  That area of the public way not covered by sidewalk and lying between the lot line and the curb line, where curbing has been installed.
   18.   In More Than One Space.  In any designated parking space so that any part of the vehicle occupies more than one such space or protrudes beyond the markings designating such space.
69.07   PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES PARKING.
The following regulations shall apply to the establishment and use of persons with disabilities parking spaces:
   1.   Establishment.  Persons with disabilities parking spaces shall be established and designated in accordance with Chapter 321L of the Code of Iowa and Iowa Administrative Code, 661-18.  No unauthorized person shall establish any on-street persons with disabilities parking space without first obtaining Council approval.
   2.   Improper Use.  The following uses of a persons with disabilities parking space, located on either public or private property, constitute improper use of a persons with disabilities parking permit, which is a violation of this Code of Ordinances:
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321L.4[2])
      A.   Use by an operator of a vehicle not displaying a persons with disabilities parking permit.
      B.   Use by an operator of a vehicle displaying a persons with disabilities parking permit but not being used by a person issued a permit or being transported in accordance with Section 321L.2[1b] of the Code of Iowa.
      C.   Use by a vehicle in violation of the rules adopted under Section 321L.8 of the Code of Iowa.
   3.   Wheelchair Parking Cones.  No person shall use or interfere with a wheelchair parking cone in violation of the following:
      A.   A person issued a persons with disabilities parking permit must comply with the requirements of Section 321L.2A[1] of the Code of Iowa when utilizing a wheelchair parking cone.
      B.   A person shall not interfere with a wheelchair parking cone that is properly placed under the provisions of Section 321L.2A[1] of the Code of Iowa.
69.08   NO PARKING ZONES.
No one shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any of the following specifically designated no parking zones except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a peace officer or traffic control signal.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.236[1])
   1.   Broadview Court, inside of curve, from Dows Street to Dows Street.
   2.   Alleys between Rowley Street and Fuhrmeister Street.
   3.   Hillcrest Street, on the east side from Dows Street to the City Park.
   4.   Highland Road, on the south side from Hillcrest Street to Knoll Court.
   5.   Dows Street between Walker Street and Main Street from 3:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. between December 1 and April 1.
69.09   LIMITS ON AMOUNT OF TIME PARKEDNo person shall park a vehicle:
   1.   For longer than 48 hours on any public street or alley.
   2.   Between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on any street marked to prohibit all-night parking unless the person is a physician or other person on emergency call.
   3.   For longer than 15 minutes for the first legal parking space westerly of Main Street on the south side of Dows Street between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
   4.   For longer than 15 minutes for the first legal parking space southerly of the intersection of Main Street and Dows Street between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
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