The following amendments, modifications, and additions to the International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC) 2018, Edition, are hereby made:
1. Amend Section 101.1. Title, by inserting City of Waukee, Iowa as name of jurisdiction.
2. Amend Section 101.2. Scope, by deleting “residential and nonresidential” and replacing it with “residential rental” so that the scope of this chapter and Residential Rental Code is limited to rental housing only.
3. Amend Section 102.3. By deleting “International Zoning Code” and inserting “applicable codes that are adopted by the City of Waukee.”
4. Amend Section 103.1. General, by deleting “the department of property maintenance inspection” and inserting “Development Services Department.”
5. Amend Section 112.4. Failure to Comply, by deleting “shall be liable to a fine of not less than [AMOUNT] dollars or more than [AMOUNT] dollars” and adding the following sentence thereto: “Failure to comply with a rental housing inspection order is a violation and is considered a municipal infraction.”
6. Amend Section 202. General Definitions, by adding the following definitions:
“Agent” means an individual of legal majority who has been designated by the owner as the agent of the owner or manager of the property under the provisions of this chapter.
“Apartment house or multi-family residence” means any building or portion thereof which is designed, rented, leased, or hired out to be occupied, or which is occupied as a dwelling or residence of two or more families living independently of each other and doing their own cooking in said building.
“Bed and breakfast” means an owner-occupied dwelling unit that contains more than one guest room where lodging, with or without meals, is provided for compensation.
“Dwelling unit” means a single unit providing complete independent living facilities for a family, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation. For the purposes of this definition, a bed, day bed, couch, futon, or other similar multipurpose sleeping furniture shall constitute the provisions for sleeping. Similarly, a hotplate, microwave, toaster oven, or similar cooking appliance shall constitute the provisions for cooking.
“Hotel” means one or more buildings containing six or more guest rooms, with such rooms being designed, intended to be used, or are used as temporary or overnight accommodations for guests in which daily services of linen change, central telephone switchboard, towel change, general cleaning, and a registration lobby staffed on a 24 hour daily basis are provided by the management. Access to all rooms shall be provided through one or more common entrance(s). All hotels shall be licensed and inspected by the State of Iowa in accordance with Chapter 137C of the Code of Iowa.
“Hotel, extended stay” means one or more buildings containing six or more guest rooms with the provisions necessary for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation, with such guest rooms being designed, intended to be used, or are used as a temporary residence not exceeding six months, which weekly services of linen change, central telephone switchboard, towel change, general cleaning, and a registration lobby staffed on a 24 hour daily basis are provided by the management. Access to all rooms shall be provided through one or more common entrance(s). All extended stay hotels shall be licensed and inspected by the State of Iowa in accordance with Chapter 137C of the Code of Iowa.
“Kitchen” means any room or portion of rooms which are occupied or are intended and designed to be used for cooking and preparation of food, including any room having a sink and provisions for either a gas or electric stove.
In addition to the above definitions, the following criteria shall be utilized to determine if the intent of a single family dwelling unit has been met:
A. There shall not be more than one kitchen for each single family zoned property address with the following exception: additional sinks, wet-bars, or kitchen areas will not be considered an additional kitchen provided walls, floors, and locking doors, as specified below, do not separate the dwelling into multiple tenant use.
B. There shall not be more than one electric meter, gas meter, or water meter for each single family zoned property address.
C. There shall not be any walls or floor/ceiling assemblies in any single family zoned property address, which separates the one-family dwelling into more than one unit. Determining factors shall include locked or locking interior doors and separate entrances, which make portions of the unit inaccessible to all “family” members.
“Motel” means one or more buildings containing six or more guest rooms, with such rooms being designed, intended to be used, or are used as temporary or overnight accommodations for guests in which daily services of linen change, central telephone switchboard, towel change, general cleaning, and a registration lobby staffed on a 24 hour daily basis are provided by the management. Individual access to each room shall be provided from outside of the building. Each room may be equipped with cooking facilities. All motels shall be licensed and inspected by the State of Iowa in accordance with Chapter 137C of the Code of Iowa.
“Rental certificate” means a certificate that is issued by the Development Services Department after written application if the dwelling unit, at the date of such application, is entitled thereto. Such a certificate shall thereafter be known as a rental certificate.
“Rental unit” means any house or building or portion thereof which is occupied in whole or part as a home or residence of one or more tenants, on a rental basis, or when, in return for housing, a tenant agrees to occupy and maintain the premises and pay utilities. A dwelling unit that is being rented for a period of 90 days or less in a single calendar year or a portion of such dwelling unit shall be exempt from this chapter.
“Tenant” means: (i) a person occupying a dwelling unit who pays (or has payments made on their behalf) a stated payment at fixed intervals for the use of the dwelling unit; or (ii) a person occupying a dwelling unit owned by another individual, who, in return for housing, agrees to occupy and maintain the premises and pay utilities.
7. Amend Section 302.4. Weeds, by deleting “jurisdiction to insert height in inches” and inserting “eight inches on the average.”
8. Amend Section 304.14. Insect Screens, by inserting “April 15th to October 15th” as applicable dates.
9. Amend Section 602.3. Heat Supply, by inserting “September 1st to May 30th” as applicable dates.
10. Amend Section 602.4. Occupiable Work Spaces, by inserting “September 1st to May 30th” as applicable dates.
11. Amend Section 605.2 to insert the following language prior to the last sentence of the paragraph:
Any accessible receptacle within six feet of a water source shall be provided with ground-fault circuit-interrupter protection.
12. Amend Section 705.1 to add the following language to the end of the paragraph:
In addition, carbon monoxide alarms and detectors shall be installed in accordance with Code of Iowa Section 661-Chapter 221.
13. Add new Section 705.3 with the following language:
705.3 Installation Locations. Installation locations shall be in conformance with the International Building Code, International Fire Code, International Residential Code, Code of Iowa, and at the location closest to the hazard of an attached garage or fuel-fired appliance.