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Ely, Iowa Code of Ordinances
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
170.01 SHORT TITLE.
170.02 PURPOSE.
170.03 POLICY.
170.04 APPLICATION AND JURISDICTION.
170.05 INTERPRETATION.
170.06 DURATION OF APPROVAL OF PRELIMINARY PLAT.
170.07 DEFINITIONS.
170.08 PROCEDURE.
170.09 PRE-SUBMISSION CONSULTATIONS.
170.10 REQUIREMENTS OF PRELIMINARY PLAT.
170.11 SUBMISSION OF PRELIMINARY PLAT.
170.12 REFERRAL OF PRELIMINARY PLAT.
170.13 REVIEW OF PRELIMINARY PLAT.
170.14 ACTION BY THE COMMISSION ON PRELIMINARY PLAT.
170.15 ACTION BY COUNCIL ON PRELIMINARY PLAT.
170.16 EFFECTIVE PERIOD OF TENTATIVE APPROVAL.
170.17 COMPLETION OF IMPROVEMENTS.
170.18 PERFORMANCE BOND.
170.19 FINAL PLAT.
170.20 REQUIREMENTS OF THE FINAL PLAT.
170.21 SUBMISSION OF FINAL PLAT.
170.22 REFERRAL OF FINAL PLAT.
170.23 ACTION BY COMMISSION ON FINAL PLAT.
170.24 ACTION BY COUNCIL ON FINAL PLAT.
170.25 RE-SUBDIVISION OF LAND.
170.26 COMPLETION OF IMPROVEMENTS.
170.27 PERFORMANCE BOND.
170.28 INSPECTION OF IMPROVEMENTS.
170.29 RELEASE OR REDUCTION OF PERFORMANCE BOND.
170.30 MAINTENANCE OF IMPROVEMENTS.
170.31 DEFERRAL OR WAIVER OF REQUIRED IMPROVEMENTS.
170.32 ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY.
170.33 IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED.
170.34 DESIGN STANDARDS ARE MINIMUM.
170.35 CONFORMANCE TO APPLICABLE RULES AND REGULATIONS.
170.36 SUBDIVISION NAME.
170.37 MONUMENTS.
170.38 CHARACTER OF THE LAND.
170.39 LOTS.
170.40 BLOCKS.
170.41 STREETS; GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
170.42 STREETS; DESIGN STANDARDS.
170.43 STORM SEWERS AND DRAINAGE.
170.44 WATER FACILITIES.
170.45 SEWAGE FACILITIES.
170.46 SIDEWALKS.
170.47 UTILITIES.
170.48 PRESERVATION OF NATURAL FEATURES AND AMENITIES.
170.49 NONRESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS.
170.50 SCHOOL AND PARK RESERVATIONS.
170.51 IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN UNINCORPORATED JURISDICTION.
170.52 VARIATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS.
170.53 CHANGES AND AMENDMENTS.
170.54 ENFORCEMENT, VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES.
CHAPTER 175 AIRPORT ZONING REGULATIONS
USE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHAPTER 170
SUBDIVISION CONTROL
170.01  Short Title
170.28  Inspection of Improvements
170.02  Purpose
170.29  Release or Reduction of Performance Bond
170.03  Policy
170.30  Maintenance of Improvements
170.04  Application and Jurisdiction
170.31  Deferral or Waiver of Required Improvements
170.05  Interpretation
170.32  Issuance of Certificates of Occupancy
170.06  Duration of Approval of Preliminary Plat
170.33  Improvements Required
170.07  Definitions
170.34  Design Standards Are Minimum
170.08  Procedure
170.35  Conformance to Applicable Rules and Regulations
170.09  Pre-Submission Consultations
170.36  Subdivision Name
170.10  Requirements of Preliminary Plat
170.37  Monuments
170.11  Submission of Preliminary Plat
170.38  Character of the Land
170.12  Referral of Preliminary Plat
170.39  Lots
170.13  Review of Preliminary Plat
170.40  Blocks
170.14  Action by the Commission on the Preliminary Plat
170.41  Streets; General Requirements
170.15  Action by Council on Preliminary Plat
170.42  Street; Design Standards
170.16  Effective Period of Tentative Approval
170.43  Storm Sewers and Drainage
170.17  Completion of Improvements
170.44  Water Facilities
170.18  Performance Bond
170.45  Sewage Facilities
170.19  Final Plat
170.46  Sidewalks
170.20  Requirements of the Final Plat
170.47  Utilities
170.21  Submission of Final Plat
170.48  Preservation of Natural Features and Amenities
170.22  Referral of Final Plat
170.49  Nonresidential Subdivision
170.23  Action by Commission on Final Plat
170.50  School and Park Reservations
170.24  Action by Council on Final Plat
170.51  Improvements within Unincorporated Jurisdiction
170.25  Re-subdivision of Land
170.52  Variations and Exceptions
170.26  Completion of Improvements
170.53  Changes and Amendments
170.27  Performance Bond
170.54  Enforcement, Violations and Penalties
 
170.01   SHORT TITLE.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as “The City of Ely, Iowa, Subdivision Regulations.”
170.02   PURPOSE.
The purpose of these regulations is to establish minimum standards for the design, development, and improvement of all new subdivisions and re-subdivisions so that existing developments will be protected and so that adequate provisions are made for public  services and to promote the health, safety and general welfare.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 354)
170.03   POLICY.
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the City to consider the subdivision of land and the subsequent development of the subdivided land as subject to the control of the City to provide for the orderly, efficient and economical development of the City.  And further:
   1.   Character of Land.  Land to be subdivided shall be of such character that it can be used safely for building purposes without danger to health or peril from fire, flood or other menace.
   2.   Regulations to Supplement and Facilitate.  It is intended that these subdivision regulations shall supplement and facilitate the enforcement of provisions and standards, ordinances or regulations of the City.
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