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Mount Vernon, Iowa Code of Ordinances
Code of Ordinances of the City of Mount Vernon, Iowa
SUPPLEMENT RECORD
GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 1 CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHAPTER 2 CHARTER
CHAPTER 3 BOUNDARIES
CHAPTER 4 ENFORCEMENT
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 COUNCIL
CHAPTER 18 CITY CLERK
CHAPTER 19 CITY TREASURER
CHAPTER 20 CITY ATTORNEY
CHAPTER 21 CITY ADMINISTRATOR
CHAPTER 22 PARKS AND RECERATION BOARD
CHAPTER 23 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
CHAPTER 24 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
CHAPTER 25 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
CHAPTER 26 CDG DIRECTOR
CHAPTER 27 HOUSING COMMISSION
CHAPTER 28 CEMETERY COMMISSION
CHAPTER 30 POLICE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 35 FIRE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 36 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SPILLS
CHAPTER 37 DISASTER RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION
CHAPTER 40 PUBLIC PEACE
CHAPTER 41 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 42 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY
CHAPTER 43 DISORDERLY HOUSE AND WRONGFUL DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS
CHAPTER 45 ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND INTOXICATION
CHAPTER 46 MINORS
CHAPTER 47 PARK REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 48 PROVISION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES TO UNDERAGE PERSONS AT SOCIAL GATHERING
CHAPTER 50 NUISANCE ABATEMENT PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 51 JUNK AND JUNK VEHICLES
CHAPTER 52 DRUG PARAPHERNALIA
CHAPTER 54 GRASS, WEEDS, VINES AND BRUSH
CHAPTER 55 ANIMAL CONTROL
CHAPTER 56 DOG LICENSES
CHAPTER 57 DANGEROUS ANIMALS
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 BICYCLE REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 76 SNOW SLEDDING
CHAPTER 77 ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES, OFF-ROAD UTILITY VEHICLES AND SNOWMOBILES
CHAPTER 78 GOLF CARTS
CHAPTER 80 ABANDONED VEHICLES
CHAPTER 90 WATER SERVICE SYSTEM
CHAPTER 91 WATER METERS
CHAPTER 92 WATER RATES
CHAPTER 93 WATER CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 94 WELLHEAD PROTECTION
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 UTILITY
CHAPTER 105 SOLID WASTE CONTROL
CHAPTER 106 RESOURCE RECOVERY AND REFUSE DISPOSAL
CHAPTER 110 NATURAL GAS FRANCHISE
CHAPTER 111 ELECTRIC FRANCHISE
CHAPTER 112 TELEPHONE FRANCHISE
CHAPTER 113 CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE
CHAPTER 115 CEMETERY
CHAPTER 117 OPERATING A PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERY
CHAPTER 120 LIQUOR LICENSE AND WINE AND BEER PERMITS
CHAPTER 121 CIGARETTE PERMITS
CHAPTER 122 PEDDLERS, SOLICITORS AND TRANSIENT MERCHANTS
CHAPTER 123 HOUSE MOVERS
CHAPTER 124 SURVELLANCE CAMERAS
CHAPTER 125 HOTEL AND MOTEL TAX
CHAPTER 126 ALLOWANCE FOR THE SALE AND CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
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 MOBILE HOMES AND MOBILE HOME PARKS
CHAPTER 147 FIRE ZONE
CHAPTER 148 WATER WELL PROTECTION
CHAPTER 149 GEOTHERMAL WELL STANDARDS
CHAPTER 150 BUILDING NUMBERING
CHAPTER 151 TREES
CHAPTER 152 BUILDING CODE
CHAPTER 153 DEMOLITION REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 165 ZONING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 166 SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
APPENDIX TO CODE OF ORDINANCES:
CHAPTER 153
DEMOLITION REGULATIONS
 
153.01 Demolition Permit Required
153.06 Final Determination
153.02 Application for Permit
153.07 Exceptions
153.03 Demolition of Historic Buildings
153.08 Appeals
153.04 Fourteen Day Wait
153.09 Violations and Penalties
153.05 Initial Review and Determination
153.01 DEMOLITION PERMIT REQUIRED.  
No building/structure can be demolished without a permit. Prior to the demolition of any building/structure, the applicant shall be required to submit signed documentation showing all utility connections have been properly disconnected according to the standards set forth by each respective utility representing.
Additionally, no permit for the demolition of a building/structure that is designated as a historic place by the National Register of Historic Places, or lies within a historic preservation district as defined by the City of Mt. Vernon, shall be issued other than in conformity with the provisions of this ordinance, as well as in conformity with the provisions of other laws and ordinances applicable to historic preservation and to the demolition of buildings. An application for demolition shall be made only by the person, partnership, corporation or realty trust which is the deed holder thereof at the time of such application.
Except for structures identified herein, this ordinance does not apply to the demolition of existing porches.
153.02    APPLICATION FOR PERMIT. 
The application must be made on a form provided by the City of Mt. Vernon.
153.03    DEMOLITION OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS. 
No permit for demolition of a building determined to be a historically significant building under this ordinance shall be granted until plans for use or development of the site after demolition have been filed with the Zoning Administrator and found to comply with all laws pertaining to the issuance of a building permit. All appeals from the granting of such approvals must be concluded prior to the issuance of a demolition permit under this section.
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