CHAPTER 122 - PEDDLERS, SOLICITORS AND TRANSIENT MERCHANTS
August 18, 2011
122.01 PURPOSE. The purpose of this chapter is to protect residents of the City against fraud, unfair competition and intrusion into the privacy of their homes by licensing and regulating peddlers, solicitors and transient merchants.
122.02 DEFINITIONS. For use in this chapter the following terms are defined:
1. “Peddler” means any person carrying goods or merchandise who sells or offers for sale for immediate delivery such goods or merchandise from house to house or upon the public street.
2. “Solicitor” means any person who solicits or attempts to solicit from house to house or upon the public street any contribution or donation or any order for goods, services, subscriptions or merchandise to be delivered at a future date.
3. “Transient merchant” means any person who engages in a temporary or itinerant merchandising business and in the course of such business hires, leases or occupies any building or structure whatsoever, or who operates out of a vehicle which is parked anywhere within the City limits. Temporary association with a local merchant, dealer, trader or auctioneer, or conduct of such transient business in connection with, as a part of, or in the name of any local...
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Animal Protection and Control Ordinance
February 23, 2011
CHAPTER 55
ANIMAL PROTECTION AND CONTROL
55.01 Definitions | 55.09 Vicious Dogs |
55.02 Animal Neglect | 55.10 Rabies Vaccination |
55.03 Livestock Neglect | 55.11 Owner’s Duty |
55.04 Abandonment of Cats and Dogs | 55.12 Confinement |
55.05 Livestock | 55.13 Summons Issued |
55.06 At Large Prohibited | 55.14 Unhealthful or Unsanitary Conditions |
55.07 Damage or Interference | 55.15 Pet Awards Prohibited |
55.08 Annoyance or Disturbance | |
55.01 DEFINITIONS. The following terms are defined for use in this chapter. 1. “Advertise” means to present a commercial message in any medium including but not limited to print, radio, television, sign, display, label, tag or articulation.
2. “Animal” means a nonhuman vertebrate.
(Code of Iowa, Sec. 717B.1)
3. “At large” means off the premises of the owner and not under the control of a competent person, restrained within a motor vehicle, or housed in a veterinary hospital or kennel.
4. “Business” means any enterprise relating to any of the following:
A. The sale or offer for sale of goods or services.
B. A recruitment for employment or membership in an organization.
C. A solicitation to make an investment....
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Junk and Junk Vehicles Ordinance
February 23, 2011
CHAPTER 51
JUNK AND JUNK VEHICLES
51.01 Definitions | 51.04 Exceptions |
51.02 Junk and Junk Vehicles Prohibited | 51.05 Notice to Abate |
51.03 Junk and Junk Vehicles a Nuisance | |
51.01 DEFINITIONS. For use in this chapter, the following terms are defined:
1. “Junk” means all old or scrap copper, brass, lead, or any other non-ferrous metal; old or discarded rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber, debris, waste or used lumber, or salvaged wood; dismantled vehicles, machinery and appliances or parts of such vehicles, machinery or appliances; iron, steel or other old or scrap ferrous materials; old or discarded glass, tinware, plastic or old or discarded household goods or hardware. Neatly stacked firewood located on a side yard or a rear yard is not considered junk.
2. “Junk vehicle” means any vehicle legally placed in storage with the County Treasurer or unlicensed and which has any of the following characteristics:
A. Broken Glass. Any vehicle with a broken or cracked windshield, window, headlight or tail light, or any other cracked or broken glass.
B. Broken, Loose or Missing Part. Any vehicle with a broken, loose or missing fender, door, bumper,...
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