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Riverdale, IA Code of Ordinances
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RIVERDALE, 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
CHAPTER 19 CITY TREASURER
CHAPTER 20 CITY ATTORNEY
CHAPTER 21 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
CHAPTER 22 CITY ADMINISTRATOR
CHAPTER 30 CONTRACT LAW ENFORCEMENT
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 48 FACILITY AND PARK RENTAL PROCEDURES AND FEES
CHAPTER 49 MOWING OF PROPERTIES
CHAPTER 50 NUISANCE ABATEMENT PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 51 JUNK AND JUNK VEHICLES
CHAPTER 52 OUTDOOR LIGHTING
CHAPTER 53 NOISE CONTROL
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 72 GOLF CARTS
CHAPTER 75 MULTI-USE RECREATIONAL TRAILS
CHAPTER 80 ABANDONED VEHICLES
CHAPTER 90 WATER SERVICE
CHAPTER 91 WATER SERVICE LINES
CHAPTER 95 WASTEWATER FACILITIES
CHAPTER 96 SEWER/UTILITES REVIEW COMMITTEE
CHAPTER 100 STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
CHAPTER 101 ILLICIT DISCHARGE DETECTION AND ELIMINATION
CHAPTER 102 CONSTRUCTION SITE EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL
CHAPTER 103 POST-CONSTRUCTION EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL
CHAPTER 105 SOLID WASTE CONTROL
CHAPTER 106 COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE
CHAPTER 110 NATURAL GAS FRANCHISE
CHAPTER 111 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 135 STREET USE AND MAINTENANCE
CHAPTER 136 VACATION AND DISPOSAL OF STREETS
CHAPTER 137 STREET GRADES
CHAPTER 138 NAMING OF STREETS
CHAPTER 139 CONTROLLED ACCESS FACILITIES
CHAPTER 145 DANGEROUS BUILDINGS
CHAPTER 146 ABANDONED VEHICLES
CHAPTER 150 BUILDING NUMBERING
CHAPTER 151 TREES
CHAPTER 155 CONSTRUCTION CODE
CHAPTER 160 FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 49
MOWING OF PROPERTIES
 
49.01 Purpose
49.05 Mowing in the Street
49.02 Uniform Height Specifications
49.06 Procedures and Requirements
49.03 Noxious Weeds
49.07 Application for Exception Permit
49.04 Abatement Notice and Procedure
 
 
49.01   PURPOSE.
The purpose of this chapter is to beautify and preserve the appearance of the City by requiring property owners and occupants to maintain grass lawns at a uniform height within the boundaries of their property and on abutting street right-of-way in order to prevent unsightly, offensive, or nuisance conditions.
49.02   UNIFORM HEIGHT SPECIFICATIONS.
Grass, weeds or brush shall be cut, mowed, and maintained so as not to exceed the following height specifications:
   1.   Developed Areas – Not to exceed 8 (eight) inches.
   2.   Undeveloped Areas – Not to exceed 15 (fifteen) inches.
   3.   Agriculture Areas – Not to exceed 15 (fifteen) inches.
   4.   Designated Pollinator Habitat or Prairie Areas – No requirement to mow if requested and designated by City.
   5.   Requested “Mow Less May” Areas – Not to exceed 12 (twelve) inches.
Grass, weeds, and brush that are allowed to grow in excess of the above-specified limitations are deemed to be violations of this chapter. Any property within the City, whether vacated or non-vacated, is required to conform to these specifications.
49.03   NOXIOUS WEEDS.
Every property owner shall cut and control noxious weeds upon the owner’s property and adjacent to the curb line or outer boundary of any street, which shall include the parking area abutting the owner’s property, by cutting noxious weeds to ground level. The use of herbicides alone to eliminate or eradicate such weeds shall not appropriately abate the nuisance if the subject vegetation is in violation of the height limit.
Noxious weeds include any weed growth or plant designated as noxious by the State Department of Natural Resources rules and regulations or by the Code of Iowa Chapter 317 to include both primary and secondary noxious weeds.
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