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WINDSOR HEIGHTS, IA CODE OF ORDINANCES
ORDINANCES PENDING CODIFICATION
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 URBAN RENEWAL
CHAPTER 9 HOTEL-MOTEL TAX
CHAPTER 10 DEFERRED COMPENSATION FOR CITY EMPLOYEES
CHAPTER 11 URBAN REVITALIZATION
CHAPTER 15 MAYOR
CHAPTER 16 MAYOR PRO TEM
CHAPTER 17 CITY COUNCIL
CHAPTER 18 CITY CLERK
CHAPTER 19 FINANCE DIRECTOR/TREASURER
CHAPTER 20 CITY ATTORNEY
CHAPTER 21 CITY ADMINISTRATOR
CHAPTER 22 PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
CHAPTER 23 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
CHAPTER 30 POLICE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 30.11 UNBIASED POLICING POLICY
CHAPTER 31 ALARM SYSTEMS
CHAPTER 35 FIRE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 36 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SPILLS
CHAPTER 37 FIRE CODE
CHAPTER 40 PUBLIC OFFENSES
CHAPTER 50 NUISANCE ABATEMENT PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 51 DAMAGED OR INOPERABLE VEHICLES
CHAPTER 52 ABANDONED VEHICLES
CHAPTER 53 LITTER CONTROL
CHAPTER 54 NOISE POLLUTION
CHAPTER 55 ANIMAL PROTECTION AND CONTROL
CHAPTER 56 DANGEROUS DOGS
CHAPTER 57 ILLEGAL OR DANGEROUS ANIMALS
CHAPTER 60 TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
CHAPTER 90 WATER SERVICE SYSTEM
CHAPTER 91 CROSS CONNECTION CONTROL
CHAPTER 95 SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM
CHAPTER 96 BUILDING SEWERS AND CONNECTIONS
CHAPTER 97 USE OF PUBLIC SEWERS
CHAPTER 98 ON-SITE WASTEWATER SYSTEMS
CHAPTER 100 REGULATION OF INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER AND COMMERCIAL WASTEWATER
CHAPTER 101 STORM WATER DRAINAGE UTILITY
CHAPTER 102 ILLICIT DISCHARGE TO STORM SEWER SYSTEM
CHAPTER 105 SOLID WASTE CONTROL AND RECYCLING
CHAPTER 106 COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE
CHAPTER 107 SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
CHAPTER 110 NATURAL GAS FRANCHISE
CHAPTER 111 ELECTRIC FRANCHISE
CHAPTER 112 FRANCHISE FEES
CHAPTER 113 CABLE TELEVISION REGULATIONS
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 124 PAWNBROKERS
CHAPTER 125 ADULT ENTERTAINMENT FACILITIES
CHAPTER 126 PUBLIC DANCE HALLS
CHAPTER 135 EXCAVATIONS OF PUBLIC PROPERTY
CHAPTER 136 SIDEWALK REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 137 VACATION AND DISPOSAL OF STREETS
CHAPTER 138 STREET AND SIDEWALK GRADES
CHAPTER 139 NAMING OF STREETS
CHAPTER 140 DRIVEWAY REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 141 FIBER OPTIC CABLE LICENSE
CHAPTER 142 PARKLETS
CHAPTER 150 BUILDING NUMBERING
CHAPTER 151 TREES AND VEGETATION
CHAPTER 152 TEMPORARY STRUCTURES
CHAPTER 153 TEMPORARY SIGNS
CHAPTER 155 BUILDING CODES
CHAPTER 156 PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND RENTAL HOUSING CODE
CHAPTER 157 STANDARD CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS
CHAPTER 158 MECHANICAL CODE
CHAPTER 159 PLUMBING CODE
CHAPTER 160 CONSTRUCTION SITE EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL
CHAPTER 161 POST-CONSTRUCTION STORM WATER CONTROL
CHAPTER 162 FUEL GAS CODE
CHAPTER 163 DEMOLITION & RAZE PERMIT
CHAPTER 165 ZONING CODE - GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 166 ZONING CODE - DEFINITIONS
CHAPTER 167 ZONING CODE - USE TYPES
CHAPTER 168 ZONING CODE - ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 169 ZONING CODE - OVERLAY DISTRICTS
CHAPTER 170 ZONING CODE - DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS
CHAPTER 171 TEMPORARY USES AND STRUCTURES
CHAPTER 172 ZONING CODE - SUPPLEMENTAL SITE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 173 ZONING CODE - LANDSCAPING AND SCREENING STANDARDS
CHAPTER 174 ZONING CODE - OFF-STREET PARKING
CHAPTER 175 ZONING CODE - SIGN REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 176 ZONING CODE - NONCONFORMING DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 177 ZONING CODE - ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 178 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
CHAPTER 179 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
CHAPTER 180 CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS
CHAPTER 181 ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
CHAPTER 183 MOBILE FOOD UNITS
CHAPTER 185 FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
105.11 YARD WASTES.
   1.   Disposal of Yard Waste. The collection, storage, and disposal of yard waste shall be subject to the following:
      A.   Separation of Yard Waste Required. All yard waste shall be separated by the owner or occupant from all other solid waste accumulated on the premises. The owner or occupant may either compost the yard waste on the premises or contain it in bags, containers, or bundles for collection and disposal. All bags or containers must be clearly marked “Yard Waste.”
      B.   Yard Waste Containers. Persons choosing not to manage yard waste on their own property shall place yard waste in bags, containers, or bundles for collection and disposal. Bags shall be any untreated paper bags acceptable to the composting station used by the licensed yard waste collection hauler. Tree limbs less than four (4) inches in diameter and brush shall be securely tied in bundles not larger than forty-eight (48) inches long and eighteen (18) inches in diameter when not placed in containers. The weight of any individual bag, container, or bundle shall not exceed seventy-five (75) pounds.
      C.   Composting. Back yard composting of yard waste is encouraged. Information about this process is available to all residents and may be obtained from the office of the City Administrator located at the City Hall. Owners and occupants are encouraged to accumulate upon property under their respective control such quantities of yard waste as can be properly composted without creating offensive odors, litter, fire, or vector problems. Such composting so carried out shall be deemed to be an acceptable, alternative disposition of yard waste and shall satisfy any requirement to separate yard waste contained in this Code.
      D.   Frequency of Collection. All yard waste not composted shall be collected from residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional premises at least once per week. Yard waste shall be collected on a City-wide basis between March 1 and November 30. City residents may arrange for individual yard waste pickup with the City, or its agent, between December 1 and February 28.
      E.   Location of Containers. Containers for the storage of yard waste awaiting collection shall be placed at the curb by the owner or occupant of the premise served. Yard waste must be placed a minimum of three feet from other solid waste.
      F.   Number of Bags or Containers. The number of bags, containers, or bundles containing yard waste which persons may place out for collection shall be unlimited.
      G.   Time Limit. Bags, containers, or bundles of yard waste shall not be placed for collection more than forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the regularly scheduled collection day.
   2.   Licensing of Yard Waste Collection Hauler. No person shall collect, transport, process, or dispose of yard waste generated within the jurisdiction of the City for compensation unless such person holds a valid license issued in accordance with the provisions of this section. In addition to meeting the requirements under this chapter for solid waste collectors, each licensed collector of yard waste shall provide the City a detailed description of the manner in which the collector intends to collect and haul away yard waste. Each such licensed collector shall haul yard waste to a compost site approved pursuant to State or local law or regulation and shall keep an accurate accounting of the amount of such yard waste. Each licensed collector shall submit an annual written report to the City detailing the amount of such yard waste that has been collected and delivered for composting during each month of the reporting year. Any collector licensed under the provisions of this section shall not mix yard waste and solid waste together. The license of any hauler who delivers for disposal yard waste and solid waste mixed together shall be subject to revocation.
   3.   Containers and Charges. Containers and charges for yard waste collection and disposal shall be fixed and determined by the Council, adopted by resolution, and uniformly enforced. Such containers and corresponding charges may, from time to time, be amended by the Council by resolution. A copy of the resolution setting forth the currently effective containers and corresponding charges shall be kept on file in the office of the City Administrator, and be open to inspection during regular business hours. Residents shall purchase their own bags, which are in addition to these charges. No additional charge will be imposed upon a resident for the collection of holiday trees and wreaths.
   4.   Owner May Transport. Nothing in this section is intended to prevent an owner from transporting yard waste accumulating on the premises of the owner, provided such yard waste is disposed of at composting stations approved pursuant to State or local law or regulation and in accordance with policies established by the composting station.
   5.   Violations. No person shall place or cause to be placed any yard waste into the solid waste collection system of the City. Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter concerning yard waste shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.