ADOPTING ORDINANCES
ORDINANCE 2015-05
   AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE “MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF URBANDALE, IOWA, 2015”
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Urbandale, Iowa, that:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to published notice and following public hearing on the 30th day of September, 2014, so required by the Code of Iowa, there is hereby adopted by the City of Urbandale, Iowa, the “MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF URBANDALE, IOWA, 2015.” The several ordinances hereinafter identified and described by their respective chapters shall constitute the “MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF URBANDALE, IOWA, 2015.”
SECTION 2. The Code as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following:
   CHARTER
Chapter
   TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
10.   General Provisions
11.   Municipal Infractions
   TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
30.   Operating Procedures
31.   Administration
32.   Boards and Commissions
33.   Police Department
34.   Fire/EMS Department
35.   Finances
36.   Taxation
37.   City Elections
   TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
50.   Water
51.   Sanitary Sewer System
52.   Regulation of Industrial Wastewater, Commercial Wastewater; Discharges of Fat, Oil and Grease; and Hauled Waste
53.   Illicit Discharge to Stormwater System
54.   Construction Site Erosion and Sediment Control (COSESCO)
55.   Post-Construction Stormwater Management
56.   Stormwater Management and Drainage Systems Utility
57.   Solid Waste
58.   Right-of-Way (ROW)
   TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
70.   General Provisions
71.   Traffic Regulations
72.   Load and Weight Restrictions
73.   Pedestrians
74.   Parking Regulations
75.   Bicycles and Recreational Vehicles
76.   Abandoned Vehicles
77.   Traffic Schedules
78.   Parking Schedules
   TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS
90.   Animal Protection and Control
91.   Cemetery
92.   Fire Code
93.   Hazardous Substance Spills
94.   Special Bow Hunting of Antlerless Deer
95.   Junk and Junk Vehicles
96.   Noise Control
97.   Nuisances; Abatement
98.   Parks
99.   Streets and Sidewalks
   TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
110.   Liquor Licenses and Wine and Beer Permits
111.   Cigarette Permits
112.   Peddlers, Solicitors and Panhandling
113.   Secondhand Dealers
114.   Pawnbrokers
115.   After Hours Businesses
116.   Alarm Systems
   TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
130.   Offenses Against Property
131.   Offenses Against Persons
132.   Offenses Against Public Morals
133.   Offenses Against Public Health and Safety
134.   Minors
   TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
150.   Building Regulations
151.   Housing Code
152.   Electrical Code
153.   Mechanical Code
154.   Property Maintenance Code
155.   Plumbing Code
156.   Parks and Open Spaces
157.   Site Planning
158.   Signs
159.   Subdivisions
160.   Zoning
   TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
Table I. Street Grades
Table II. Street Name and Number Changes
Table III. Urban Renewal
Table IV. Vacations
Table V. Rezoning
   PARALLEL REFERENCES
Reference to Iowa Code
References to 1999 Code
References to Resolutions
References to Ordinances
   INDEX
SECTION 3. All of the provisions of the “MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF URBANDALE, IOWA, 2015,” shall be in force and effect on and after the effective date of this Ordinance.
SECTION 4. All ordinances or parts thereof in force on the effective date of this ordinance are hereby repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance.
SECTION 5. Ordinances passed subsequent to the preparation of this code, but prior to adoption of this code, starting with Ordinance 2014-01 and henceforth till this Ordinance is hereby adopted, shall be made a part of this code. Those said ordinances shall be codified and incorporated in published copies of this code as supplements thereto following adoption of this ordnance.
SECTION 6. An official copy of the “MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF URBANDALE, IOWA, 2015” adopted by this ordinance, including a certificate of the City Clerk as to its adoption and the effective date, is on file in the office of the City Clerk, and shall be kept available for public inspection.
SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall furnish a copy of the “MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF URBANDALE, IOWA, 2015” to the Judicial Magistrates serving the City of Urbandale.
SECTION 8. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the publication of this ordinance, as required by law.
Passed by the Council of the City of Urbandale, Iowa, this 9th day of June, 2015.
Attest: /s/                 /s/
Debra Mains, City Clerk               Robert D. Andeweg, Mayor
First Reading: September 30, 2014
Second Reading: December 9, 2014
Third Reading: June 9, 2015
Published: June 19, 2015