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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
3.01 CORPORATE LIMITS.
   The corporate boundaries of the City are described and confirmed as follows:
CITY OF WINDSOR HEIGHTS, IOWA
CORPORATE BOUNDARY
[A] Commencing at the intersection of the centerline of Center Street and the centerline of 63 rd Street (which point is the center of Sec. 2, T. 78N, R. 25W); thence northerly along the centerline of 63 rd Street (which line is the east line of the NW¼ of Sec. 2, T. 78N, R. 25W) a distance of 3,150 feet, more or less, to the centerline of University Avenue (which point is the NE corner of the NW¼ of Sec. 2, T. 78N, R. 25W); thence westerly along the centerline of University Avenue (which line is the south line of the SE¼ of Sec. 36, T. 79N, R. 25W) a distance of 15 feet, more or less, to the centerline of 63 rd Street (which point is 989.8 feet, more or less, east of the SW corner of the SE¼ of Sec. 36, T. 79N, R. 25W); thence northerly along the centerline of 63 rd Street a distance of 2,620 feet, more or less, to an extension to the east of the centerline of College Avenue (which point is 992 feet, more or less, east of the center of Sec. 36, T. 79N, R. 25W); thence east along an extension to the east of the centerline of College Avenue (which line is the south line of the NE¼ of Sec. 36, T. 79 N, R. 25 W) a distance of 8 feet, more or less, to the centerline of 63 rd Street (which point is 1,000 feet east of the center of Sec. 36, T. 79N, R. 25W); thence northerly along the centerline of 63 rd Street a distance of 2,260 feet, more or less, to the south right-of-way line of Hickman Road (which point is 33 feet east of the NE corner of Lot 1, SUBURBAN FARMS, an Official Plat, and 33 feet south of the north line of the NE¼ of Sec. 36, T. 79N, R. 25W)[B] (the line between[A] and[B] being the common corporate boundary line between the City of Windsor Heights and the City of Des Moines); thence westerly along the south right-of-way line of Hickman Road (the location of which line was established pursuant to a Joint Public Improvement Agreement dated May 1, 1969, between the Iowa State Highway Commission and the City of Windsor Heights, Iowa, identified as No. 68-P-175 in connection with Polk County Project No. U-6-4(4)-40-77, which agreement is recorded in the office of the Polk County Recorder in Book 4027, commencing at Page 601, as amended by Amendment to Joint Public Improvement Agreement dated June 16, 1975, between the same parties regarding the same project, which amendment is recorded in the office of the Polk County Recorder in Book 4530, commencing at Page 663) in the NE¼ of Sec. 36, T. 79N, R. 25W, the NW¼ of Sec. 36, T. 79N, R. 25W and the NE¼ of Sec. 35, T. 79N, R. 25W a distance of 6,216.9 feet, more or less, to the NW corner of Lot 18, PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5, an Official Plat (which point is 74.1 feet south of the NW corner of the NE¼ of Sec. 35, T. 79N, R. 25W)[C]; thence southerly along the west lines of PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5 and PLAZA HILLS PLAT 6, an Official Plat (which line is the west line of the NE¼ of Sec. 35, T. 79N, R. 25W) a distance of 2,353.9 feet, more or less, to the northwest corner of Lot 135, PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5; thence easterly along the north lines of Lots 135 and 136, PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5, a distance of 342 feet, more or less, to the west right-of-way line of College Drive (which point is the northeast corner of Lot 136, PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5); thence southerly along the west right-of-way line of College Drive (which line is the east line of Lot 136, PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5) a distance of 254 feet, more or less, to the north right-of-way line of Harbach Boulevard (which point is the southeast corner of Lot 136, PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5); thence easterly along an easterly extension of the north right-of-way line of Harbach Boulevard a distance of 50 feet, more or less, to a point on the east right-of-way line of College Drive (which point is on the west line of Lot 61, PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5); thence southerly along the east right-of-way line of College Drive (which line is the west line of Lot 61, PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5) a distance of 33 feet, more or less, to the southwest corner of Lot 61, PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5 (which point is on the south line of the NE¼ of Sec. 35, T. 79N, R. 25W); thence easterly along the south lines of PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5 and PLAZA HILLS PLAT 4, an Official Plat (which line is on the south line of the NE¼ of Sec. 35, T. 79N, R. 25W) a distance of 1,577.5 feet, more or less, to the northwest corner of PROGRESSO PLAT 10, an Official Plat; thence southerly along the west lines of PLAT 10 and MOTT PLACE, an Official Plat, a distance of 2,410.5 feet, more or less, to the southwest corner of Lot 25, MOTT PLACE; thence easterly along the south line of Lot 25, MOTT PLACE, a distance of 95 feet, more or less, to the northwest corner of Lot 27, MOTT PLACE; thence southerly along the west line of Lot 27, MOTT PLACE, a distance of 208 feet, more or less, to the north right-of-way line of University Avenue (which point is the southwest corner of Lot 27, MOTT PLACE); thence easterly along the north right-of-way line of University Avenue (which line is the south line of Lot 27, MOTT PLACE) a distance of 8.5 feet, thence south 0° 00¢ east a distance of 80.0 feet to the south right-of-way line of University Avenue; thence south 90° 0¢ east along the south right-of-way line of University Avenue; (which line is 40 feet south of and parallel to the north line of Sec. 3, T. 78N, R. 25W) a distance of 146.6 feet, to a point 40 feet south of and 21.9 feet east of the NW corner of the NE¼ of the NE¼ of Sec. 3, T. 79N, R. 25W[D]; thence south 0° 00¢ east a distance of 10 feet; thence north 90° 00¢ east a distance of 22 feet; thence south 2° 18¢ east, 40 feet west of and parallel to the centerline of 73 rd Street, a distance of 117.5 feet; thence southerly 40.0 feet west of and parallel to the centerline of 73 rd Street, along a curve concave westerly with a radius of 1,100.57 feet and an internal angle of 10° 15¢, with said curve tangent to the preceding and following courses, a distance of 196.89 feet; thence south 7° 57¢ west, 40 feet west of and parallel to the centerline of 73 rd Street, a distance of 386 feet; thence south 6° 32¢ west, 40 feet west of and parallel to the centerline of 73 rd Street, a distance of 220 feet; thence north 83° 28¢ west, perpendicular to the centerline of 73 rd Street, a distance of 28 feet; thence south 6° 32¢ west, 40 feet west of and parallel to the centerline of 73 rd Street, a distance of 300 feet, more or less, to the northeasterly right-of-way line of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company; (the line between[C] and[E] being the common corporate boundary line between the City of Windsor Heights and the City of Clive) (the line between[D] and[E] being the line which was established pursuant to an Intergovernmental Corporation Boundary Agreement dated March 18, 1971, between the City of Windsor Heights and the City of Clive, which agreement is recorded in the office of the Polk County Recorder in Book 4198, commencing at Page 413, and which agreement was legalized by Acts 1971 (64 G.A., 1 st Sess.) ch. 284); thence south 6° 32¢ west, 40 feet west of and parallel to the centerline of 73 rd Street, a distance of 150 feet, more or less, to the southwesterly right-of-way line of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company; thence southerly and easterly along the west and south right-of-way lines of 73 rd Street (formerly Rancho Grande Boulevard) a distance of 293 feet, more or less, to the northwest corner of RANCHO GRANDE, an Official Plat; thence southerly along the west line of RANCHO GRANDE (which line is the west line of the SE¼ of the NE¼ of Sec. 3, T. 78N, R. 25W) a distance of 1,003.7 feet, more or less, to a point which is 415.5 feet north of the southwest corner of RANCHO GRANDE[F]; thence southeasterly a distance of 55 feet, more or less, to a point on the west line of Lot 13, RANCHO GRANDE, which point is 48 feet north of the southwest corner of Lot 13, RANCHO GRANDE; thence southeasterly a distance of 180 feet, more or less, to the southeast corner of Lot 15, RANCHO GRANDE; thence southeasterly a distance of 320 feet, more or less, to the northeast corner of Lot 25, RANCHO GRANDE; thence southeasterly a distance of 65 feet, more or less, to the northwest corner of Lot 26, RANCHO GRANDE; thence southeasterly to a point on the south line of Lot 29, RANCHO GRANDE, which point is 20 feet east of the southwest corner of Lot 29, RANCHO GRANDE[G] (the line between[F] and[G] being the line which is the south right-of-way line of Interstate Highway 235); thence east along the south line of RANCHO GRANDE, and an extension thereof to the east, a distance of 614.4 feet, more or less, to the centerline of Eighth Street (which point is 33 feet east of the southeast corner of RANCHO GRANDE); thence northerly along the centerline of Eighth Street (which is the east line of Sec. 3, T. 78N, R. 25W) a distance of 99.7 feet to the centerline of Center Street (which point is the southwest corner of the NW¼ of Sec. 2, T. 78N, R. 25W); thence easterly along the centerline of Center Street (which line is the south line of the NW¼ of Sec. 2, T. 78N, R. 25W) a distance of 977.5 feet to the east line of Lot 44, JANET’S WOODS, an Official Plat[H] (the line between[E] and[H] being the common corporate boundary line between the City of Windsor Heights and the City of West Des Moines); thence easterly along the centerline of Center Street (which line is the south line of the NW¼ of Sec. 2, T. 78N, R. 25W) a distance of 1,662.5 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning (the line between[H] and[A] being the common corporate boundary line between the City of Windsor Heights and the City of Des Moines).
Said boundaries may also be described as follows:
CITY OF WINDSOR HEIGHTS, IOWA
CORPORATE BOUNDARY
Commencing at the intersection of the centerline of Center Street and the centerline of 63 rd Street; thence northerly along the centerline of 63 rd Street a distance of 3,150 feet, more or less, to the centerline of University Avenue; thence westerly along the centerline of University Avenue a distance of 15 feet, more or less, to the centerline of 63 rd Street; thence northerly along the centerline of 63 rd Street a distance of 2,620 feet, more or less, to an extension to the east of the centerline of College Avenue; thence east along an extension to the east of the centerline of College Avenue a distance of 8 feet, more or less, to the centerline of 63 rd Street; thence northerly along the centerline of 63 rd Street a distance of 2,260 feet, more or less, to the south right-of-way line of Hickman Road; thence westerly along the south right-of-way line of Hickman Road in the NE¼ of Sec. 36, T. 79N, R. 25W, the NW¼ of Sec. 36, T. 79N, R. 25W and the NE¼ of Sec. 35, T. 79N, R. 25W a distance of 6,216.9 feet, more or less, to the NW corner of Lot 18, PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5, an Official Plat; thence southerly along the west lines of PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5 and PLAZA HILLS PLAT 6, an Official Plat a distance of 2,353.9 feet, more or less, to the northwest corner of Lot 135, PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5; thence easterly along the north lines of Lots 135 and 136, PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5, a distance of 342 feet, more or less, to the west right-of-way line of College Drive; thence southerly along the west right-of-way line of College Drive a distance of 254 feet, more or less, to the north right-of-way line of Harbach Boulevard; thence easterly along an easterly extension of the north right-of-way line of Harbach Boulevard a distance of 50 feet, more or less, to a point on the east right-of-way line of College Drive; thence southerly along the east right-of-way line of College Drive a distance of 33 feet, more or less, to the southwest corner of Lot 61, PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5; thence easterly along the south lines of PLAZA HILLS PLAT 5 and PLAZA HILLS PLAT 4, an Official Plat a distance of 1,577.5 feet, more or less, to the northwest corner of PROGRESSO PLAT 10, an Official Plat; thence southerly along the west lines of PROGRESSO PLAT 10 and MOTT PLACE, an Official Plat, a distance of 2,410.5 feet, more or less, to the southwest corner of Lot 25, MOTT PLACE; thence easterly along the south line of Lot 25, MOTT PLACE, a distance of 95 feet, more or less, to the northwest corner of Lot 27, MOTT PLACE; thence southerly along the west line of Lot 27, MOTT PLACE, a distance of 208 feet, more or less, to the north right-of-way line of University Avenue; thence easterly along the north right-of-way line of University Avenue a distance of 8.5 feet; thence south 00º 00¢ east a distance of 80.0 feet to the south right-of-way line of University Avenue; thence south 90° 00¢ east along the south right-of-way line of University Avenue a distance of 146.6 feet, to a point 40 feet south of and 21.9 feet east of the NW corner of the NE¼ of the NE¼ of Sec. 3, T. 78N, R. 25W; thence south 0° 00¢ east a distance of 10 feet; thence north 90° 00¢ east a distance of 22 feet; thence south 2° 18¢ east, 40 feet west of and parallel to the centerline of 73 rd Street, a distance of 117.5 feet; thence southerly, 40.0 feet west of and parallel to the centerline of 73 rd Street, along a curve concave westerly with a radius of 1,100.57 feet and an internal angle of 10° 15¢, with said curve tangent to the preceding and following courses, a distance of 196.89 feet; thence south 7° 57¢ west, 40 feet west of and parallel to the centerline of 73 rd Street, a distance of 386 feet; thence south 6° 32¢ west, 40 feet west of and parallel to the centerline of 73 rd Street, a distance of 220 feet; thence north 83°28¢ west, perpendicular to the centerline of 73 rd Street, a distance of 28 feet; thence south 6° 32¢ west, 40 feet west of and parallel to the centerline of 73 rd Street, a distance of 300 feet, more or less, to the northeasterly right-of-way line of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company; thence south 6° 32¢ west, 40 feet west of and parallel to the centerline of 73 rd Street, a distance of 150 feet, more or less, to the southwesterly right-of-way line of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company; thence southerly and easterly along the west and south right-of-way lines of 73 rd Street a distance of 293 feet, more or less, to the northwest corner of RANCHO GRANDE, an Official Plat; thence southerly along the west line of RANCHO GRANDE a distance of 1,003.7 feet, more or less, to a point which is 415.5 feet north of the southwest corner of RANCHO GRANDE; thence southeasterly a distance of 55 feet, more or less, to a point on the west line of Lot 13, RANCHO GRANDE, which point is 48 feet north of the southwest corner of Lot 13, RANCHO GRANDE; thence southeasterly a distance of 180 feet, more or less, to the southeast corner of Lot 15, RANCHO GRANDE; thence southeasterly a distance of 320 feet, more or less, to the northeast corner of Lot 25, RANCHO GRANDE; thence southeasterly a distance of 65 feet, more or less, to the northwest corner of Lot 26, RANCHO GRANDE; thence southeasterly to a point on the south line of Lot 29, RANCHO GRANDE, which point is 20 feet east of the southwest corner of Lot 29, RANCHO GRANDE; thence east along the south line of RANCHO GRANDE, and an extension thereof to the east, a distance of 614.4 feet, more or less, to the centerline of Eighth Street; thence northerly along the centerline of Eighth Street a distance of 99.7 feet to the centerline of Center Street; thence easterly along the centerline of Center Street a distance of 977.5 feet to the east line of Lot 44, JANET’S WOODS, an Official Plat; thence easterly along the centerline of Center Street a distance of 1,662.5 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.