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Government: City Ordinances 2024

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Periodic revisions to the Code of Ordinances may cause this posting to become temporarily outdated. The official copy of the city's current ordinances may be viewed at City Hall.
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COVER PAGE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SUPPLEMENTAL RECORD
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GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS
Chapter 1 — Code of Ordinances
Chapter 2 — Charter
Chapter 3 — Municipal Infractions
Chapter 5 — Operating Procedures
Chapter 6 — City Elections
Chapter 7 — Fiscal Management
Chapter 8 — Industrial Property Tax Exemptions
Chapter 9 — Urban Renewal

ADMINISTRATION, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Chapter 15 — Mayor
Chapter 16 — Mayor Pro Tem
Chapter 17 — City Council
Chapter 18 — City Clerk
Chapter 19 — City Treasurer
Chapter 20 — City Attorney
Chapter 21 — Library Board of Trustees
Chapter 22 -- Recreation Board
Chapter 23 -- Planning and Zoning Commission
Chapter 24 -- Museum Board of Trustees

POLICE, FIRE AND EMERGENCIES
Chapter 30 — Contract Law Enforcement
Chapter 31 -- Fire Protection
Chapter 35 — Hazardous Substance Spills

PUBLIC OFFENSES
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 — Park Regulations
Chapter 48 — Noise and Noise Limits

NUISANCES AND ANIMAL CONTROL
Chapter 50 — Nuisance Abatement Procedure
Chapter 51 — Junk and Junk Vehicles
Chapter 52 — Drug Paraphernalia
Chapter 53 — Weeds
Chapter 55 — Animal Protection and Control
 

TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
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 — One-Way Traffic
Chapter 69 — Parking Regulations
Chapter 70 — Traffic Code Enforcement Procedures
Chapter 71 — Impounding and Inventorying Vehicles
Chapter 75 — All-Terrain Vehicles, Off-Road Utility Vehicles and Snowmobiles
Chapter 76 — Bicycles, Skates, Skateboards and Scooters
Chapter 77 — Golf Carts
Chapter 80 — Abandoned Vehicles
Chapter 81 — Railroad Regulations

WATER
Chapter 90 — Water Service System
Chapter 91 — Water Meters
Chapter 92 — Water Rates
Chapter 93 — Cross-Connection Control

SANITARY SEWER
Chapter 95 — Sanitary Sewer System
Chapter 96 — Building Sewers and Connections
Chapter 97 — Use of Public Sewers
Chapter 98 — On-Site Wastewater Systems
Chapter 99 — Sewer Service Charges
Chapter 100 -- Stormwater Drainage Utility

GARBAGE AND SOLID WASTE
Chapter 105 — Collection and Disposal of Solid Waste, Recyclables and Yard Waste

FRANCHISES AND OTHER SERVICES
Chapter 110 — Natural Gas Franchise
Chapter 111 — Electric Franchise
Chapter 112 — Telephone Franchise
Chapter 113 — Cable Television Franchise
Chapter 114 — Cable Television Regulations
Chapter 115 — Cemetery

REGULATION OF BUSINESS AND VOCATIONS
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 — Licensing of Junk Dealers


STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Chapter 135 — Street Use and Maintenance
Chapter 136 — Sidewalk Regulations
Chapter 137 — Vacation and Disposal of Streets
Chapter 138 — Street Grades
Chapter 139 — Naming of Streets
Chapter 141 — Private Driveways

BUILDING AND PROPERTY REGULATIONS
Chapter 145 — Dangerous Buildings
Chapter 146 — Manufactured and Mobile Homes
Chapter 147 — Public Water Supply Well Field Protection
Chapter 148 — Protection of Public Water Wells
Chapter 150 — Building Numbering
Chapter 151 — Trees
Chapter 154 — Property Maintenance Regulations
Chapter 156 -- Building Permits and Occupancy
Chapter 160 — Flood Plain Regulations
Chapter 161 — Building and Other Codes


ZONING AND SUBDIVISION
Chapter 165 — Subdivision Regulations
Chapter 166 — Zoning Regulations

INDEX
APPENDIX

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