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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-09-24 OrdinanceI') ORDINANCE 85-3257 TEE ■OCLZAR WEVON3 FRU IOWA CI7f ONDIIIICE section 1. Name This ordinance shall be known as •The Nuclear Weapons Free Iowa City Ordinance.• Section 2. Purpose The purpose of this ordinance is to establish Iowa City as a nuclear weapons free zone in which work on nuclear weapons is prohibited. The people of Iowa City find that the presence of nuclear weapons facilities within Iowa City is in direct conflict with the maintenance of the community's public health, safety, morals, economic well-being, and general welfare. Section R. Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Work No person shall knowlingly engage in work, within Iowa City, the purpose of which is the development, production, deployment, launching, maintenance or storage of nuclear weapons or componenets of nuclear weapons. section 4. Definitions •Persons means a natural person, as well as a corporation, institution or other entity. sNuolear Weapon" is any device, the purpose of which is use as a weapon, a weapon prototype or a weapon test device, the intended detonation of which results from the energy released by fission and/or fussion reactions involving atomic nuclei. For the purposes of this Ordinance, 'nuclear weapons includes the weapon's guidance, transportation, propulsion, triggering, and detonation systems. •Component of a nuclear weapons is any device, radioactive or non -radioactive, designed to be installed in and contribute to the operation of a nuclear weapon. CITY OF IOWA CITY CMC CENTER 410 E. WASHWGTON ST. IOWA CITY, IOWA 52240 (319)356-500C) December 10, 1985 I President Ronald Reagan � The White House I 4 Washington, D.C. 20500 Mr. President: i The City Council of Iowa City recently passed into law an ordinance de- claring Iowa city to be a nuclear free zone. A copy of the ordinance is enclosed. I This ordinance prohibits any work within Iowa City the purpose of which is the development,'production, deployment, launching, maintenance or storage of nuclear weapons or components of nuclear weapons. Symbolically, it nucexpresses desire e residentOf learweaponsthroughoutthe worlds l Iowa Citiansy hold firm ow&- Citfor the ainlthe mbelief of Thomas Jefferson, that "the care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good govern- ment." Nuclear weapons can only lead to our destruction. Through this letter I express the desires of our residents that the gov- ernments of all nations join in meaningful efforts to bring peace to the world. The elimination of nuclear weapons and their real and ever present threat of total destruction is our single most important means for achiev- Ing this goal. Sincerely yours, Same letter sent to: Senator Tom Harkin Senator Charles Grassley John McDonald Representative Cooper Evans Mayor The Honorable P. W. Botha President, Republic of South Africa asp Giani Lail Singh, President India The Right Honourable Margaret Thatcher The Prime Minister, England I Secretary-General Hu Yaobang Peoples Republic of China The President Chaim Herzog Israel Secretary General Mikhail Sergeyevitch Gorbachev U.S.S.R. Francois Mitterrand President of the French Republic ■ 'r THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS FREE IOWA CITY ORDINANCE -- 2 ORD. 85-3257 Section S. Netifi •lin.. Upon adoption of this ordinance, the City Council of Iowa City shall Officially notify Iowa City's Congressional Representatives and Senators, the j President of the United States and the recognized leaders of the Soviet Union, Great Britain, Prance, the People13 Republic of China, India and any further nuclear weapons states of the contents of this initiative. In addition, the City Council of Iowa City shall instruct the appropriate city officials to post signs on mayor entrances to Iowa City stating ■Nuclear Weapons Free Zone■ in a manner that conforms with standards set forth in the Federal Highway 1dmini3tr8ti0n13 Manual on Rniform traffic Control Devi , r States and Highway.. Section 6. Enforcement - Each violation of this Ordinance shall be punishable by up to 30 days imprisonment and a $500 floe. Each day of violation shall be deemed a separate violation. _ Residents of Iowa City shall also have the right to enforce this Ordinance by appropriate private civil actions for declaratory or injunctive relief. Reasonable attorney fees shall be awarded to a prevailing plaintiff in such litigation. .$action 7. 3everahllil� ��-• _ If any section, sub -section, paragraph, sentence or word of this Act shall be held to be invalid, either on its face or as applied, the Invalidity of such provision shall not affect the other sections, sub -sections, paragraphs, sentences or words of this ordinance, and the applications thereof; and to that end the sections, sub -sections, paragraphs, sentences and words of this Ordinance shall be deemed to be servable. Passed and approved this 24th day X September , 1985. ATTEST: ZRe &dRe 67wed Z 1 ORD. 85-3257 It was moved by Strait and seconded by Dickson were: r ance as rea a that the finadopted and upon ro ca ere AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: X AMBRISCO X BAKER X DICKSON X ERDAHL X MCDONALD X STRAIT ZUBER First consideration 9/10/85 Vote for passage:yes: is son, rdahl, McDonald, Strait, Baker. Nays: Zuber. Absent: Ambrisco. Second consideration 9/17/85 Vote for passage;Ayes: Baker, Dickson, Erdahl, McDonald, Strait. Nays: Zuber, Ambrisco. Absent: None. Date published 10/2/85