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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
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41.10 BARBED WIRE AND ELECTRIC FENCES.
It is unlawful for a person to use barbed wire or electric fences to enclose land within the City limits without the written consent of the Council unless such land consists of ten (10) acres or more and is used as agricultural land.
41.11 DISCHARGING WEAPONS.
   1.   It is unlawful for a person to discharge rifles, shotguns, revolvers, pistols, guns, or other firearms of any kind within the City limits except by written consent of the Council.
   2.   No person shall intentionally discharge a firearm in a reckless manner.
41.12 THROWING AND SHOOTING.
It is unlawful for a person to throw stones, bricks, or missiles of any kind or to shoot arrows, paintballs, rubber guns, slingshots, air rifles, BB guns, or other dangerous instruments or toys on or into any street, alley, highway, sidewalk, public way, public ground, or public building, without written consent of the Council.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 364.12[2])
41.13 HUNTING AND TRAPPING.
It is unlawful for any person to hunt within the City limits or to use any weapons, including snares, traps, pits or other devices capable of killing an animal, except that bow hunting may be allowed for a designated hunting season as per resolution passed annually by the Council. Hunters shall be licensed by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and issued a permit by the City.
41.14 URINATING AND DEFECATING.
It is unlawful for any person to urinate or defecate onto any sidewalk, street, alley, or other public way, or onto any public or private building, including but not limited to the wall, floor, hallway, steps, stairway, doorway, or window thereof, or onto any public or private land.
41.15 FIREWORKS.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 727.2)
   1.   Definitions. For purposes of this section:
      A.   “Consumer fireworks” means the following fireworks, as described in Chapter 3 of the American Pyrotechnics Association (“APA”) Standard 87-1:
         (1)   First-class consumer fireworks:
            a.   Aerial shell kits and reloadable tubes;
            b.   Chasers;
            c.   Helicopters and aerial spinners;
            d.   Firecrackers;
            e.   Mine and shell devices;
            f.   Missile-type rockets;
            g.   Roman candles;
            h.   Sky rockets and bottle rockets;
            i.   Multiple tube devices under this paragraph which are manufactured in accordance with APA Standard 87-1, Section 3.5.
         (2)   Second-class consumer fireworks:
            a.   Cone fountains;
            b.   Cylindrical fountains;
            c.   Flitter sparklers;
            d.   Ground and hand-held sparkling devices, including multiple tube ground and hand-held sparkling devices that are manufactured in accordance with APA Standard 87-1, Section 3.5;
            e.   Ground spinners;
            f.   Illuminating torches;
            g.   Toy smoke devices that are not classified as novelties pursuant to APA Standard 87-1, Section 3.2;
            h.   Wheels;
            i.   Wire or dipped sparklers that are not classified as novelties pursuant to APA Standard 87-1, Section 3.2.
      B.   “Display fireworks” includes any explosive composition, or combination of explosive substances, or article prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or audible effect by combustion, explosion, deflagration, or detonation, and includes fireworks containing any explosive or flammable compound, or other device containing any explosive substance. “Display fireworks” does not include novelties or consumer fireworks enumerated in Chapter 3 of the APA Standard 87-1.
      C.   “Novelties” includes all novelties enumerated in Chapter 3 of the APA Standard 87-1, and that comply with the labeling regulations promulgated by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission.
   2.   Display Fireworks. It is unlawful for any person to use or explode any display fireworks; provided, the City Council may, upon application in writing, grant a permit for the display of display fireworks by municipalities, fair associations, amusement parks, and other organizations or groups of individuals approved by the City when the display fireworks will be handled by a competent operator, but no such permit shall be required for the display of display fireworks at the Iowa State Fairgrounds by the Iowa State Fair Board, at incorporated county fairs, or at district fairs receiving State aid. No permit shall be granted hereunder unless the operator or sponsoring organization has filed with the City evidence of insurance in the following amounts:
      A.   Personal Injury:   $250,000.00 per person
      B.   Property Damage:   $50,000.00
      C.   Total Exposure:   $1,000,000.00
   3.   Consumer Fireworks – Discharging General Requirements.
      A.   No person under the age of eighteen shall discharge a DOT 1.4 class consumer firework without parental supervision.
      B.   A person shall only discharge a consumer firework device on real property they own or on property where consent has been given. Novelties, including snakes, sparklers or caps, can be discharged on a public place so long as all trash, wrappers and wires are properly disposed of.
      C.   Consumer fireworks shall not be discharged by persons showing visible signs of, or determined to be, intoxicated or under the influence of a drug or narcotic.
      D.   Any person discharging a consumer fireworks device assumes all responsibility for its operation and the consequences thereof. No person shall discharge a consumer fireworks device in a reckless manner or manner likely to cause death, injury, fire or property damage.
      E.   No person shall discharge a consumer fireworks device outside the following dates and hours:
         (1)   July 3 through July 4 from the hours of 2:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m., each day.
         (2)   December 31 from the hours of 10:00 p.m. until 12:30 a.m. on the day immediately following.
         (3)   June 19 from the hours of 2:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m.
(Subparagraph 3 – Ord. 03-2022 – Nov. 22 Supp.)
      F.   It shall be unlawful to alter, remove, or discharge components of a consumer fireworks device from its intended method of discharging.
      G.   Sky lantern open flame devices are not permitted to be released within the City limits, except if tethered by a retrievable rope so long as the person discharging has control over the sky lantern.
   4.   Novelties. This section does not apply to novelties.
(Section 41.15 – Ord. 2019-209 – Jan. 20 Supp.)
41.16 DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 124.414)
   1.   As used in this section “drug paraphernalia” means all equipment, products or materials of any kind used or attempted to be used in combination with a controlled substance, except those items used in combination with the lawful use of a controlled substance, to knowingly or intentionally and primarily do any of the following:
      A.   Manufacture a controlled substance.
      B.   Inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled substance.
      C.   Test the strength, effectiveness, or purity of a controlled substance.
      D.   Enhance the effect of a controlled substance.
Drug paraphernalia does not include hypodermic needles or syringes if manufactured, delivered, sold, or possessed for a lawful purpose.
   2.   It is unlawful for any person to knowingly or intentionally manufacture, deliver, sell, or possess drug paraphernalia.
41.17   SMOKEFREE PLACES.
The City hereby declares that the implementation of smokefree places within the City are beneficial to the health and safety of the citizens of the City and as such hereby adopt Chapter 142D of the Code of Iowa as hereby written and amended in the future. In addition, the City declares that smoking, as defined in Section 142D.2(21) of the Code of Iowa in any of the following locations is strictly prohibited:
   1.   All parks and trails.
   2.   All City streets, culverts, rights-of-way, and in bodies of water.
   3.   All other property owned by the City.
   4.   On the grounds of and within City Hall, including but not limited to the Riverdale Fire Station.
   5.   Within 25 feet of the entrance to any public places where smoking is not allowed under Chapter 142D of the Code of Iowa.
   6.   All public places as defined under Chapter 142D.3(1) of the Code of Iowa.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 142D, 142D.2[21], and 142D.3.1)
(Section 41.17 – Ord. 06-2023 – Jun. 23 Supp.)