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It is unlawful for a person intentionally to deface, obliterate, tear down, or destroy in whole or in part, any transcript or extract from or of any law of the United States or the State, or any proclamation, advertisement or notification, set up at any place within the City by authority of the law or by order of any court, during the time for which the same is to remain set up.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 716.1)
No unauthorized person shall enter or remain in or upon any public building, premises, or grounds in violation of any notice posted thereon or when said building, premises or grounds are closed and not open to the public. When open to the public, a failure to pay any required admission fee also constitutes an unauthorized entry.
1. Prohibited on Public Property. Except as done as part of construction activities undertaken by the City, the washing of concrete trucks and/or mixers onto public streets, alleys, sidewalks, parking, or public property is prohibited. A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor and subject to a scheduled fine of $250.00 dollars per violation, plus all applicable surcharges and court costs.
2. Manner of Washing Concrete Trucks and Mixers. Concrete trucks and mixers shall be washed such that the runoff and/or waste water from such activity is received and contained in a an Environmental Protection Agency or Iowa Department of Natural Resources approved Best Management Practices concrete washout containment device. A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor and subject to a scheduled fine of $250.00 per violation, plus all applicable surcharges and court costs.
3. Disposal of Residue and Material in a Concrete Washout Containment Device. Except as done as part of construction activities undertaken by the City, no person shall empty, dump or clean out the material, residue or waste contained in a concrete washout containment device onto public streets, alleys, sidewalks, parking or public property. A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor and subject to a scheduled fine of $250.00 per violation, plus all applicable surcharges and court costs.
4. Violations. A violation of this chapter shall constitute a simple misdemeanor and, unless otherwise specified herein, be subject to a fine of up to $750.00 and/or 30 days in jail as allowed by law.
The following chapters of this Code of Ordinances contain regulations prohibiting or restricting other activities or conditions that are also deemed to be public property offenses:
1. Chapter 22 – Library
A. Section 22.10 – Injury to Books or Property
B. Section 22.11 – Theft of Library Property
2. Chapter 105 – Solid Waste Control and Recycling
A. Section 105.07 – Littering Prohibited
3. Chapter 135 – Street Use and Maintenance
A. Section 135.01 – Removal of Warning Devices
B. Section 135.02 – Obstructing or Defacing
C. Section 135.03 – Placing Debris On
D. Section 135.04 – Playing In
E. Section 135.05 – Traveling on Barricaded Street or Alley
F. Section 135.08 – Burning Prohibited
G. Section 135.12 – Dumping of Snow
4. Chapter 136 – Sidewalk Regulations
A. Section 136.10 – Interference with Sidewalk Improvements
B. Section 136.13 – Fires or Fuel on Sidewalks
C. Section 136.14 – Defacing
D. Section 136.15 – Debris On Sidewalks
E. Section 136.16 – Water Over Sidewalks
F. Section 136.17 – Merchandise Display
G. Section 136.18 – Sales Stands