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Kalona, IA Code of Ordinances
Code of Ordinances of the CITY OF KALONA, Iowa
SUPPLEMENT RECORD
CHAPTER 1 CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHAPTER 2 CHARTER
CHAPTER 3 BOUNDARIES
CHAPTER 4 MUNICIPAL INFRACTIONS
CHAPTER 5 OPERATING PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 6 CITY ELECTIONS
CHAPTER 7 FISCAL MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 8 INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS
CHAPTER 9 URBAN RENEWAL
CHAPTER 10 URBAN REVITALIZATION
CHAPTER 15 MAYOR
CHAPTER 16 MAYOR PRO TEM
CHAPTER 17 CITY COUNCIL
CHAPTER 18 CITY CLERK
CHAPTER 19 CITY TREASURER
CHAPTER 20 CITY ATTORNEY
CHAPTER 21 CITY ADMINISTRATOR
CHAPTER 22 LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CHAPTER 23 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
CHAPTER 24 PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD
CHAPTER 25 TAX INCREMENT FINANCE BOARD
CHAPTER 30 POLICE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 35 FIRE DEPARTMENT
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 55 ANIMAL PROTECTION AND CONTROL
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 ATVS, UTVS, AND SNOWMOBILES
CHAPTER 76 BICYCLE REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 80 ABANDONED VEHICLES
CHAPTER 81 GOLF CARTS
CHAPTER 90 WATER SERVICE SYSTEM
CHAPTER 91 WATER METERS
CHAPTER 92 WATER RATES
CHAPTER 93 WATER LINE EXTENSIONS
CHAPTER 94 STORMWATER DRAINAGE UTILITY
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 SEWER EXTENSIONS
CHAPTER 105 SOLID WASTE CONTROL
CHAPTER 106 COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE
CHAPTER 110 NATURAL GAS FRANCHISE
CHAPTER 111 ELECTRIC FRANCHISE
CHAPTER 112 ELECTRIC FRANCHISE (TRANSMISSION SYSTEM)
CHAPTER 115 CEMETERY
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 MISCELLANEOUS VENDOR PERMITS
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 140 CONTROLLED ACCESS FACILITIES
CHAPTER 145 DANGEROUS BUILDINGS
CHAPTER 146 MANUFACTURED AND MOBILE HOMES
CHAPTER 150 BUILDING NUMBERING
CHAPTER 151 TREES
CHAPTER 152 BUILDING CODE
CHAPTER 160 FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 165 ZONING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 170 SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 90
WATER SERVICE SYSTEM
90.01 Definitions
90.11 Installation of Water Service Pipe
90.02 Superintendent’s Duties
90.12 Responsibility for Water Service Pipe
90.03 Mandatory Connections/Private Wells
90.13 Failure to Maintain
90.04 Abandoned Connections
90.14 Curb Valve
90.05 Permit
90.15 Interior Valve
90.06 Connection Fee
90.16 Inspection and Approval
90.07 Compliance with Plumbing Code
90.17 Completion by the City
90.08 Plumber Required
90.18 Shutting Off Water Supply
90.09 Excavations
90.19 Operation of Curb Valve and Hydrants
90.10 Tapping Mains
 
90.01   DEFINITIONS.
The following terms are defined for use in the chapters in this Code of Ordinances pertaining to the Water Service System:
1.   “Combined service account” means a customer service account for the provision of two or more utility services.
2.   “Customer” means, in addition to any person receiving water service from the City, the owner of the property served, and as between such parties the duties, responsibilities, liabilities, and obligations hereinafter imposed shall be joint and several.
3.   “Superintendent” means the Superintendent of Public Works or any duly authorized assistant, agent, or representative.
4.   “Water main” means a water supply pipe provided for public or community use.
5.   “Water service pipe” means the pipe from the water main to the building served.
6.   “Water system” or “water works” means all public facilities for securing, collecting, storing, pumping, treating, and distributing water.
90.02   SUPERINTENDENT’S DUTIES.
The Superintendent shall supervise the installation of water service pipes and their connection to the water main and enforce all regulations pertaining to water services in the City in accordance with this chapter. This chapter shall apply to all replacements of existing water service pipes as well as to new ones. The Superintendent shall make such rules, not in conflict with the provisions of this chapter, as may be needed for the detailed operation of the water system, subject to the approval of the Council. In the event of an emergency the Superintendent may make temporary rules for the protection of the system until due consideration by the Council may be had.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 372.13[4])
90.03   MANDATORY CONNECTIONS/PRIVATE WELLS.
1.   Connection to Public Water System. Except as otherwise provided herein, all residences and business establishments within the City limits intended or used for human habitation, occupancy, or use shall be connected to the public water system.
2.   Exceptions. A residence or business establishment within the City limits intended or used for human habitation, occupancy, or use may obtain its water from a private well only in accordance with the following exceptions:
   A.   Existing Wells. Private wells in use on the effective date of Ordinance No. 2006-283 may continue to be used but may not be enlarged, extended, reconstructed, or substituted.
   B.   New Wells. A new well may be drilled only upon property that does not have access to the public water system within 300 feet of the property lines.
   C.   Remediation Wells. Remediation wells (wells used for ground water monitoring) may be drilled upon obtaining special permission from the Council. Permission for a remediation well shall be considered upon receipt of documentation to the City of the need for such a well.
   D.   Geothermal Wells. Geothermal wells (wells used for heating and cooling purposes) may be drilled upon obtaining special permission from the Council.
3.   Wells Prohibited. It is unlawful to drill any potable or non-potable water well within 1,000 feet of 302 First Street. Such area is contained in the rectangular area bounded on the east by Third Street extended, on the west by the City limits, on the north by a line 350 feet north of the highway line, and on the south by a line 200 feet south of “A” Avenue.
90.04   ABANDONED CONNECTIONS.
When an existing water service is abandoned or a service is renewed with a new tap in the main, all abandoned connections with the mains shall be turned off at the corporation stop and made absolutely watertight.
90.05   PERMIT.
Before any person makes a connection with the public water system, a written permit must be obtained from the City. The application for the permit shall include a legal description of the property, the name of the property owner, the name and address of the person who will do the work, and the general uses of the water. If the proposed work meets all the requirements of this chapter and if all fees required under this chapter have been paid, the permit shall be issued. Work under any permit must be completed within 60 days after the permit is issued, except that when such time period is inequitable or unfair due to conditions beyond the control of the person making the application, an extension of time within which to complete the work may be granted. The permit may be revoked at any time for any violation of these chapters.
90.06   CONNECTION FEE.
Before any permit is issued, the person who makes the application shall pay to the Clerk a connection fee in accordance with the following:
1.   Single User Connection. For each single-family residential or other single- user connection, a fee of $100.00.
2.   Multi-User Connection. For each connection where one service pipe supplies more than one customer within the building, a fee of $100.00 plus $20.00 for each additional unit contained within the building.
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