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CITY OF IOWA CITY
Special Formal
August 2, 2004 - 6:30 p.m.
City Hall - Harvat Hall
410 E. Washington Street www.icgov.org
ITEM 1. CALL TO ORDER.
ROLL CALL.
ITEM 2. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 9, ENTITLED "MOTOR VEHICLES
AND TRAFFIC," CHAPTER 3, ENTITLED "RULES OF THE ROAD," SECTION 6,
ENTITLED "SPEED RESTRICTIONS," SUBSECTION C, ENTITLED "SCHOOL
SPEED ZONES" TO ESTABLISH SCHOOL SPEED ZONES BY WEBER SCHOOL
AND GRANT WOOD SCHOOL. (FIRST CONSIDERATION)
Comment: This establishes two additional "school speed zones." The speed limit in a
school zone is 20 MPH. Although these two areas presently have signs indicating that
they are school zones, the city code was inadvertently not amended prior to their
posting. Staff requests expedited action so that the ordinance will be final by the time
school starts in the fall. Second consideration and passage is on the August 3, 2004
agenda.
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ITEM 3. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CERTAIN CHAPTERS OF CITY CODE
TITLES 7T 10~ AND 14 TO INCREASE THE MUNICIPAL INFRACTION CIVIL
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING THE ELECTRICAL CODE~ PLUMBING CODET FIRE
CODE, AND FUEL GAS CODE AND SNOW REMOVAL REQUIREMENTS IN CITY
PLAZA. (FIRST CONSIDERATION)
Comment: In 2002, Council passed an ordinance to enhance the civil penalties for
certain municipal infractions relating primarily to nuisances and the building code, the
housing code, the electrical code, the plumbing code, the mechanical code, the fire
code, and the illegal use of the right-of-way, which was consistent with the
Neighborhood Housing Relations Task Force's recommendations. Council recently
updated the electrical code, the plumbing code, and the fire code and enacted the first
Fuel Gas Code, but the respective ordinances inadvertently omitted the enhanced
penalties. Also, Ordinance No. 04-4125 inadvertently deleted the enhanced civil
penalty for violation of the snow removal requirements in city plaza. The enhanced
penalty is $250 for the first violation, $500 for the second, and $750 for the third, and
the "regular" civil penalty for violating other code sections (except for environmental
infractions and selected animal control provisions) is $100 for the first violation, $250
for the second, and $500 for the third. Staff requests expedited action to enable
codification in the next supplement. Second consideration and passage is on the
August 3, 2004 agenda.
Action:
ITEM 4. CONSIDER A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE SPECIAL MEETING