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February 2, 2010
FEB - 2 2010
The Honorable Ann Campbell, Mayor, CITY CLERK
and Members of the City Council CITY OF AMES,IOWA
of the City of Ames, Iowa
Re: Corrective amendment to Ames Municipal Code Section 23.102(2)(a) - Applications for
Subdivision approval
Dear Mayor Campbell and Members of the City Council:
Late last summer and fall, four ordinances were passed in succession that made amendments to
the review and permitting process for subdivisions and adopted some new definitions applicable
in the subdivision code. Because a compilation of these was not done until the end of the
calendar year, it was only when that was done that it was determined that several words that had
been in one of the earlier ordinances had been omitted from a later passed one. More specifically,
an amendment to Section 23.102(2)(a) had been adopted which added three words to clarify that
permits could not be issued for "construction, enlargement, or expansion" of a principal building
without compliance with that chapter. A later passed ordinance inadvertently dropped the words
"expansion, enlargement, or expansion" from that phrase.
Attached is an ordinance that would correct this omission by putting three words which were
inadvertently deleted back into this provision of the code.
We would recommend that you adopt this correction. I would invite any questions you may
have.
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Judy . Parks
Assistant City Attorney
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