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CODE OF ORDINANCE CITY OF WAUKEE, IOWA
SUPPLEMENT RECORD
CHAPTER 1 CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHAPTER 2 CHARTER
CHAPTER 3 BOUNDARIES
CHAPTER 4 MUNICIPAL INFRACTIONS
CHAPTER 5 OPERATING PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 6 CITY ELECTIONS
CHAPTER 7 FISCAL MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 8 INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS
CHAPTER 9 URBAN RENEWAL
CHAPTER 15 MAYOR
CHAPTER 16 MAYOR PRO TEM
CHAPTER 17 CITY COUNCIL
CHAPTER 18 CITY CLERK
CHAPTER 19 FINANCE DIRECTOR
CHAPTER 20 CITY ATTORNEY
CHAPTER 21 CITY ADMINISTRATOR
CHAPTER 22 LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CHAPTER 23 BOARD OF APPEALS
CHAPTER 24 PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD
CHAPTER 25 PUBLIC ART ADVISORY COMMISSION
CHAPTER 26 PARK REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 27 SUGAR CREEK MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE
CHAPTER 28 TRIUMPH PARK
CHAPTER 30 POLICE DEPARTMENT
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 CAMPING
CHAPTER 50 NUISANCE ABATEMENT PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 51 JUNK AND JUNK VEHICLES
CHAPTER 52 NOISE CONTROL
CHAPTER 55 ANIMAL PROTECTION AND CONTROL
CHAPTER 56 DANGEROUS AND VICIOUS ANIMALS
CHAPTER 57 URBAN CHICKENS
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 PARKING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 70 TRAFFIC CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 75 ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES AND SNOWMOBILES
CHAPTER 76 BICYCLE REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 77 SKATEBOARDS
CHAPTER 80 ABANDONED VEHICLES
CHAPTER 90 WATER SERVICE SYSTEM
CHAPTER 91 WATER METERS
CHAPTER 92 WATER RATES
CHAPTER 93 WATER WELL PROTECTION
CHAPTER 95 SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM
CHAPTER 96 BUILDING SEWERS AND CONNECTIONS
CHAPTER 97 ON-SITE WASTEWATER SYSTEMS
CHAPTER 98 SEWER SERVICE CHARGES
CHAPTER 99 CONNECTION FEE DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 100 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT UTILITY
CHAPTER 101 ILLICIT DISCHARGE TO STORM SEWER SYSTEM
CHAPTER 102 CONSTRUCTION SITE EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL
CHAPTER 103 POST-CONSTRUCTION STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 104 REGULATION OF INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER, COMMERCIAL WASTEWATER AND HAULED WASTE
CHAPTER 105 SOLID WASTE CONTROL
CHAPTER 106 COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE
CHAPTER 107 MANDATORY RECYCLING PROGRAMS
CHAPTER 110 NATURAL GAS SERVICE RATES AND CHARGES
CHAPTER 111 ELECTRIC ENERGY FRANCHISE
CHAPTER 112 CABLE TELEVISION FRANCHISE
CHAPTER 115 RIGHT-OF-WAY AND UTILITY INSTALLATION PERMIT REQUIREMENTS
CHAPTER 120 LIQUOR LICENSES AND WINE AND BEER PERMITS
CHAPTER 121 CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO PERMITS
CHAPTER 122 PEDDLERS AND SOLICITORS
CHAPTER 123 PAWNBROKERS
CHAPTER 124 MASSAGE THERAPY ESTABLISHMENT LICENSE
CHAPTER 135 STREET USE AND MAINTENANCE
CHAPTER 136 SIDEWALK REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 137 VACATION AND DISPOSAL OF STREETS
CHAPTER 138 NAMING OF STREETS
CHAPTER 140 CONTROLLED ACCESS FACILITIES
CHAPTER 145 MANUFACTURED AND MOBILE HOMES
CHAPTER 150 TREES
CHAPTER 151 TELECOMMUNICATION TOWERS
CHAPTER 155 BUILDING CODES AND REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 156 RESIDENTIAL RENTAL CODE
CHAPTER 160 SITE AND BUILDING DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
CHAPTER 161 LANDSCAPE AND OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS
CHAPTER 165 ZONING REGULATIONS DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 166 ZONING REGULATIONS ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
CHAPTER 167 ZONING REGULATIONS SIGNS
CHAPTER 168 ZONING REGULATIONS PARKING AND LOADING
CHAPTER 169 ZONING REGULATIONS DISTRICT REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 170 FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 175 SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 176 SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS PLATTING PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 177 SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS DESIGN STANDARDS
CHAPTER 178 SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS REQUIRED IMPROVEMENTS
CHAPTER 179 SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS DEVELOPMENT IMPACT ON COMMUNITY FACILITIES
175.02   LANGUAGE USE AND DEFINITIONS.
For the purpose of these subdivision regulations, the word “building” includes the word “structure;” the word “engineer,” unless otherwise modified, means City Engineer; and “specifications” or “standard specifications” refers to the City Standard Specifications adopted by the Council and on file with the City Clerk. All words shall carry their customary meanings, except as specifically defined hereafter:
1.   “Acquisition plat” means the graphical representation of the division of land or rights in land, created as the result of a conveyance or condemnation for right-of-way purposes by an agency of the government or other persons having the power of eminent domain.
2.   “Administrative official” means the City official appointed by the Council to assist with the administration of these subdivision regulations, who shall be responsible for issuance of building permits.
3.   “Aliquot part” means a fractional part of a section within the United States public land survey system. Only the fractional parts one-half, one-quarter, one-half of one-quarter, or one-quarter of one-quarter shall be considered an aliquot part of a section.
4.   “Alley” means a right-of-way providing a secondary means of access to the side or rear of those properties whose principal frontage is on some other street.
5.   “Arterial street” means a public right-of-way with a high degree of continuity which serves the movement of large volumes of traffic between various districts as designated in the comprehensive plan.
6.   “Auditor’s plat” means a subdivision plat required by either the Auditor or the Assessor, prepared by a surveyor under the direction of the Auditor.
7.   “Building line” means a line designating the allowable proximity of a building to an adjacent street, alley or property line.
8.   “Collector street” means a street that carries traffic from minor streets to an arterial, including the principal entrance streets of a residential development and streets for basic circulation within such a development as designated in the Comprehensive Plan.
9.   “Commission” means the City Planning and Zoning Commission.
10.   “Comprehensive Plan” means the current comprehensive plan for the development of the City, or any of its geographical parts, adopted by the Council and including any amendment to such plan or parts thereof.
11.   “Conveyance” means an instrument filed with a recorder as evidence of the transfer of title to land, including any form of deed or contract.
12.   “Cul-de-sac” means a minor street having one open end and being permanently terminated at the other end by a vehicular turnaround.
13.   “Division” means dividing a tract or parcel of land into two (2) parcels of land by conveyance or for tax purposes. The conveyance of an easement, other than a public highway easement, shall not be considered a division for the purpose of these subdivision regulations.
14.   “Easement” means a grant by a property owner of the use of land for specific purpose.
15.   “Final plat” means a map or plan of record of a subdivision, and any accompanying material, as described in Section 176.07 of these subdivision regulations.
16.   “Forty-acre aliquot part” means one-quarter of one-quarter of a section.
17.   “Government lot” means a tract, within a section, which is normally described by a lot number as represented and identified on the township plat of the United States public land survey system.
18.   “Lot” means a tract of land represented and identified by number or letter designation on an official plat.
19.   “Marginal access street” means a minor street which is parallel and adjacent to an arterial, and which provides access to abutting properties and protection from through traffic.
20.   “Metes and bounds description” means a description of land that uses distances and angles, uses distance and bearings, or describes the boundaries of the parcel by reference to physical features of the land.
21.   “Minor street” means a local street of limited continuity used primarily for access to abutting properties and the local needs of a neighborhood.
22.   “Official plat” means either an auditor’s plat or a final subdivision plat that meets the requirements of these subdivision regulations and has been filed for record in the offices of the Recorder, Auditor and Assessor.
23.   “Parcel” means a part of a tract of land.
24.   “Pedestrian way” means a right-of-way across or within a block for use by pedestrian traffic, whether designated as a pedestrian way or a crosswalk or other.
25.   “Permanent real estate index number” means a unique number or combination of numbers assigned to a parcel of land pursuant to Section 441.29 of the Code of Iowa, as amended.
26.   “Plat of survey” means the graphical representation of a survey of one or more parcels of land, including a complete and accurate description of each parcel within the plat, prepared by a registered land surveyor.
27.   “Preliminary plat” means a tentative map or plan of a proposed subdivision.
28.   “Proprietor” means a person who has a recorded interest in land, including a person selling or buying land pursuant to a contract, but excluding persons holding a mortgage, easement, or lien interest.
29.   “Protective covenants” means contracts entered into between private parties and which constitute a restriction on the use of all private property within a subdivision for the benefit of property owners.
30.   “Roadway” means the developed portion of a street available for vehicular traffic.
31.   “Street” means a public right-of-way which affords primary means of access by pedestrians and vehicles to abutting properties.
32.   “Subdivider” means any person who undertakes the subdivision of land as defined herein.
33.   “Subdivision” means the division of a tract, lot, or parcel of land into two or more lots, plats, sites, or other divisions of land.
34.   “Subdivision design standards” means the guides, principles, and specifications for the preparation of subdivision plans, including the Waukee Standard Specifications For Public Improvements and the Des Moines Metropolitan Design Standards Manual.
35.   “Subdivision plat” means the graphical representation of the subdivision of land, prepared by a registered land surveyor, having a number or letter designation for each lot within the plat and a succinct name or title that is unique for the county where the land is located.
36.   “Surveyor” means a registered land surveyor who engages in the practice of land surveying pursuant to Chapter 542B of the Code of Iowa, as amended.
37.   “Tract” means an aliquot part of a section, a lot within an official plat, or a government lot.